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Nation of Islam, African American movement and organization, founded in 1930 and known for its teachings combining elements of traditional Islam with Black nationalist ideas. The Nation also promotes racial unity and self-help and maintains a strict code of discipline among members.
- Malcolm X
Malcolm X (born May 19, 1925, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.—died...
- Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad (born Oct. 7, 1897, Sandersville, Ga.,...
- Malcolm X
Following Elijah Muhammad's death in 1975, his son Warith Deen Mohammed took over the organization, moving it towards Sunni Islam and renaming it the World Community of Islam in the West. Members seeking to retain Elijah Muhammad's teachings re-established the Nation of Islam under Louis Farrakhan 's leadership in 1977.
References. Assassination of Malcolm X. Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City on February 21, 1965, at age 39.
Malcolm X corresponded regularly during his prison years with the Nation of Islam’s leader, Elijah Muhammad. Muhammad, known as The Messenger, was impressed by Malcolm’s devotion and dazzling intellectual and organizing skills; Malcolm put his skills to good use and recruited fellow inmates to the Nation of Islam (NOI). Malcolm would come to regard Elijah Muhammad as a surrogate father, a ...
May 16, 2023 · The civil rights leader Malcolm X was famously part of the Nation of Islam until his break from the group in 1964. What is the history behind this small but influential religious movement?
