Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...

Today marks 100 years since the birth of Malcolm X, one of the most significant figures in the history of Black America. A century later, his enduring legacy is remembered not just in the United ...

Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Black Muslim movement, concluded the tutorial of his designated successor, Elijah Muhammad, in 1934. That was the year Fard, who under the Nation of Islam’s ...

Historians often describe the moment Mohammed assumed leadership as a turning point in American religious history — a ...