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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who said following a meeting in Chicago with Elijah Muhammad, Black Muslim “Messenger of Allah,” that they held a common concern over slum conditions later was sharply attacked as a “deceiver” by the Muslim leader. Addressing some 5,000 cheering followers, the Black supremacist also was highly critical of the Catholic Church and U.S. policy in Vietnam. Religion News Service file photo