Elijah Muhammad was the teacher and mentor of Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Elijah Muhammad Ali, and his own son, Warith Deen Mohammed.
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Elijah Muhammad was the teacher and mentor of Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Elijah Muhammad Ali, and his own son, Warith Deen Mohammed.
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Elijah Muhammad's ideas were strongly influenced by Wallace Fard Muhammad, who was the founder of the NOI.
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Elijah Muhammad was unique in his embrace of both black nationalism and pan-Africanism, as well as traditional Islamic themes.
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Elijah Muhammad's teachings promoted black self-sufficiency and self-reliance over integration, and he encouraged African Americans to return to their African homeland.
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Elijah Muhammad rejected the civil rights movement for its emphasis on integration, instead promoting a separate black community.
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Elijah Muhammad was accused of being a black supremacist and encouraging violence against whites and police.
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In 1963, Elijah Muhammad was convicted of violating the United States' civil rights laws for ordering his followers to cross state lines to attack black civil rights activists in 1961.
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Elijah Muhammad was sentenced to ten years in prison, but served only a short time before being freed on appeal.
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Elijah Muhammad was succeeded as head of the NOI by his deputy, Wallace Muhammad, who renamed the organization as the World Community of al-Islam in the West.
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Elijah Muhammad has been variously described as a black nationalist, a black supremacist, and a religious leader who fought for the rights of African Americans.
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Elijah Muhammad was born Elijah Robert Poole in Sandersville, Georgia, the seventh of thirteen children of William Poole Sr.
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Elijah Muhammad's education ended at the fourth grade, after which he went to work in sawmills and brickyards.
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Elijah Muhammad later recounted that before the age of 20, he had witnessed the lynchings of three black men by white people.
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Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the Nation's Temple No 2 in Chicago.
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Elijah Muhammad succeeded him in Detroit and was named "Minister of Islam".
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Elijah Muhammad was put on probation, but the university remained open.
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Elijah Muhammad took control of Temple No 1, but only after battles with other potential leaders, including his brother.
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Elijah Muhammad spent much of his time reading 104 books suggested by Wallace Fard at the Library of Congress.
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Elijah Muhammad was arrested there, charged with eight counts of sedition for instructing his followers to not register for the draft or serve in the armed forces.
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Elijah Muhammad preached his own version of Islam to his followers in the Nation.
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Elijah Muhammad preached that the Nation of Islam's goal was to return the stolen hegemony of the inferior whites back to blacks across America.
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Much of Elijah Muhammad's teachings appealed to young, economically disadvantaged, African-American males from Christian backgrounds.
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Elijah Muhammad purchased land and businesses to provide housing and employment for young black males.
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In 1972, Elijah Muhammad told followers that the Nation of Islam had a net worth of $75 million.
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Elijah Muhammad was survived by many children, including his two daughters and six sons by his wife, most notably future leader Warith Deen Muhammad.
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Elijah Muhammad met with leaders of the Ku Klux Klan in 1961 to work toward the purchase of farmland in the Deep South.
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The money helped Elijah Muhammad to acquire opulent homes for himself and his family and establish overseas bank accounts.
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Many in the audience booed and heckled him and his men, for which Elijah rebuked them in the April 1962 issue of Muhammad Speaks.
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Elijah Muhammad was portrayed by Clifton Davis in the series Godfather of Harlem.
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