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 ...

In this Feb. 26, 1961 photo, Elijah Muhammad, founder and head of the Nation of Islam (right) introduces Malcolm X in Chicago.

In a welcoming reply, Elijah Muhammad enclosed a five-dollar bill. Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad were the subjects of two lengthy, reflective pieces published decades apart in The New Yorker.

Malcolm X, it turns out, has many criticisms of Elijah Muhammad's autocratic leadership. Malcolm X, for example, wants more linkage between the Nation of Islam and the emerging 1963 civil rights ...

A new book, Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X, explores how faith brought two African-American icons together and eventually tore their relationship apart.

Naming an intersection for Elijah Muhammad along a section of Malcolm X. Boulevard is expected to raise eyebrows at a Tuesday public hearing.

The fliers, neighborhood placards and radio spots billed the event as a can’t-be-missed eye-opener: “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad & Malcolm X, 28 Years Later-What Really Happened?… ...

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 ...

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. The letter, typed on his ...

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.

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 ...