Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) was the leader of the Nation of Islam ("Black Muslims") during their period of greatest growth in the mid-20th century. He was a major advocate of independent, black-operated businesses, institutions, and religion. Elijah...

ELIJAH MUHAMMAD (1897–1975), major leader of the American Black Muslim movement, the Nation of Islam, for forty-one years. Born Robert Elijah Poole on October 10, 1897, near Sandersville, Georgia, he was one of thirteen children of an itinerant...

Elijah Muhammad (October 7, 1897 - February 25, 1975) is notable for his leadership of the Black Muslims and the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in...

The Hon. Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam (Mr. Majied is a member of C.R.O.E., the Coalition for the Remembrance of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad.) During the 1950s, the Hon. Elijah Muhammad began to reap the benefits of the seeds planted...

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Imam W. Deen Mohammed, who transformed how African-American Muslims practice their faith, condemned the "hate rhetoric" of Nation of Islam leaders and predicted the group would soon embrace mainstream Islamic teaching the way he did three decades ago."The time for those leaders who had that...

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is heading into what's billed as his final major address Sunday, and some Muslims are wondering if the fiery orator _ now slowed by poor health _ will try to repair old divisions between his movement and mainstream Islam.Farrakhan's...