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by Zakiyyah Muhammad. Clara Evans Muhammad (1899-1972), was a mother who had a mission that was so vastly different from the world she knew it changed the course of history. She was the co-builder of the Nation of Islam (1931-1975) along with her husband, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.
Clara Muhammad (born Clara Evans; also known as Clara Poole; November 2, 1899 – August 12, 1972) was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Mary Lou (Thomas) and Quartus Evans. She was the wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad.
Clara Muhammad is still celebrated as a wife, mother, educator, and unwavering leader as a noted activist of the civil rights era. DOWNLOAD RESOURCE GUIDE. 1960-1980. Cheryl A. Giles Coretta Scott King. Clara Muhammad helped found the Nation of Islam with her husband Elijah Muhammad in the 1930s.
Clara Muhammad known as the First Lady of the Nation of Islam, Muhammad is credited with introducing her husband to the teachings of Nation of Islam founder W.D. Fard.[2] She guided the organization during her husband’s absence from 1935 to 1946 as he fled death threats from rival temple leaders and was then incarcerated for sedition during ...
Feb 1, 2016 · “Clara Muhammad (born Clara Evans; also known as Clara Poole; November 2, 1899 – August 12, 1972) was born in Macon, Georgia, the daughter of Mary Lou (Thomas) and Quartus Evans. [1] . She was the wife of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. They married in Georgia in 1917, before he changed his name from Elijah Poole.
Summary. Elijah and Clara Muhammad’s work advancing the Nation of Islam (also “the NOI” and “the Nation”) was the most significant in a series of developments of Islam among African Americans. The earliest Muslims in the United States were enslaved Africans who brought Islam as an indigenized practice during the colonial era.
Sister Clara Muhammad, or the First Lady of the Nation of Islam, was an extraordinary woman who supported two giants in the history of American Islam: her husband, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and her son Imam Warith Deen Mohammed.
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