Elijah Muhammad had encouraged Malcolm in his ministry, appointing him the Nation of Islam's national representative. "I want you to be well known," Muhammad said, because "it will make me well ...

Elijah Muhammad at his home in Chicago, Feb. 12, 1972. But no debate on the subject is complete without a discussion about the complex and contentious relationship between Muhammad and Malcolm X.

The corner of West 127th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard would be named “The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way.” Caitlin Thorne Hersey. Malcolm X was later assassinated by members of the black ...

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.

In 1977, however, a protégé of Elijah Muhammad’s and Malcolm X’s named Louis Farrakhan “restored” Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam. Farrakhan assumed leadership of the group and ...

The bid to name the intersection of W. 127th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard as “The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way” was the most contentious element of a Council bill drawn up to tag ...

This week’s new episodes of the NatGeo limited series Genius: MLK/X mark the final TV performance of Ron Cephas Jones, who died in August at 66 years old. The late actor recurred as Elijah ...

Malcolm X was responding to Gloria Owens-Maceo X, the secretary at Elijah Muhammad’s Mosque No. 7 in Harlem, New York, where Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan would preach.

Elijah Muhammad had encouraged Malcolm in his ministry, appointing him the Nation of Islam's national representative. "I want you to be well known," Muhammad said, because "it will make me well ...