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 ...

A dilemma Malcolm faced was thus that those whom he and his mentor Elijah Muhammad, among others, were struggling to protect against oppression were themselves fascinated with the nature of the ...

D. Fard, and ruled since Fard’s mysterious disappearance in 1934 by Elijah Muhammad. The Muslims offered Malcolm what Marcus Garvey had offered his father—and then some. They had caparisoned ...

As recounted in the book, Malcolm X was sent to Atlanta by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad to talk with the Klan about building an all-Black colony in Georgia. Both the Klan and the Nation ...

Black Panther director Ryan Coogler's vampire horror movie Sinners just received an enthusiastic stamp of approval from ...

“Malcolm assumed it was done by members of the Nation of Islam, likely on the orders of [the group’s leader] Elijah Muhammad,” Whitaker said. At the time of the firebombing, Malcolm X had ...

In an 11 October, 1963 interview on American History TV, Malcolm said: “Well, the Muslims who have accepted the religion of Islam and follow the religious guidance of The Honorable Elijah ...

In the era of the civil rights movement, Malcolm X was America's most famous proponent of Black nationalism. A Muslim convert and a member of the Nation of Islam movement, Malcolm X believed that ...