Muhammad, Elijah (1897–1975)

Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, was born Elijah Poole in Sandersville, Georgia, in October 1897. He had a rough beginning, leaving school after the third grade; he worked several jobs before moving to Detroit in 1919, where ...

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