Search results
Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 1975.
3 paź 2024 · Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the black separatist religious movement known as the Nation of Islam (sometimes called Black Muslims) in the United States. The son of sharecroppers and former slaves, Muhammad moved to Detroit in 1923 where, around 1930, he became assistant minister to the founder.
1 kwi 2021 · Learn about Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam who taught Black Islam and racial supremacy. Find records of his FBI surveillance, draft evasion, and radio interview at the National Archives.
Elijah Muhammad was the leader of the Nation of Islam ("Black Muslims") during their period of greatest growth in the mid-twentieth century. He was a major promoter of independent, black-operated businesses, institutions, and religion.
2 kwi 2014 · Elijah Muhammad rose from poverty to become the charismatic leader of the black nationalist group Nation of Islam, and mentor of Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan.
15 gru 2007 · Learn about the life and legacy of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam who preached black Islam and racial supremacy. Find out how he met Wallace Fard, Malcolm X, and his son Wallace, and how he influenced African American history.
27 cze 2018 · 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 Baptist preacher.
