Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Black Muslim movement, concluded the tutorial of his designated successor, Elijah Muhammad, in 1934. That was the year Fard, who under the Nation of Islam ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Elijah Muhammad, leader of the American black Muslim organization the Nation of Islam, addresses the opening of the annual convention at Chicago Coliseum, Ill., on Feb. 26, 1966.

The New York City Council on Thursday approved a plan to name a Harlem block in honor of Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam. The bid to name the intersection of ...