Elijah Muhammad
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 San...
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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-operat...
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Frederick
Douglass
One of the first black civil rights leaders in
America
,
Douglass
was a slave who escaped the Deep South in 1838 and established himself as a writer and speaker of such elo...
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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 mainstr...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Days before the release of Common's highly anticipated sixth album, and after a kinetic performance in the pouring rain at NYC's Columbia University, the wordsmith sat down with Vibe.com to discuss...
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Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad
More than Martin: Others in the Struggle
