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The Nation of Islam flourished in Chicago after Elijah Muhammad took over from the movement’s founder
Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Black Muslim ... begged at factory doors for any kind of job. Day after day, he’d come home without being able to buy anything to put on the kitchen ...
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Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam
A traveling silk seller named W.D. Fard appeared in the Detroit ghetto ... the latest in a series of Allahs. Re-named Elijah Muhammad and referred to him as God's Messenger, Poole established ...
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Telling their own story: South Side bus tour delves into Chicago’s key role in America’s Black Muslim history
Eventually, W.D. Mohammed decentralized and evolved the community, retiring the name “Nation of Islam.” He rejected the idea that Fard was God or that there could be another Muslim prophet.
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Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam
A traveling silk seller named W.D. Fard appeared in the Detroit ghetto ... the latest in a series of Allahs. Re-named Elijah Muhammad and referred to him as God's Messenger, Poole established ...