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’s ...

A descendant of Elijah Muhammad is asking Washington County to honor the Nation of Islam founder's birthplace in Sandersville ...

Elijah Muhammad offers Cassius a new name to secure his allegiance to the Nation of Islam. After the heavyweight champion grows close with Malcolm X, he announces to reporters that he's renounced the ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- The family of a man who died on Rikers Island held a rally Friday, calling for a criminal investigation. Relatives of 31-year-old Elijah Muhammad and their supporters gathered in front of ...

Mourning continued for Elijah Muhammad on Friday night after his death on Rikers Island earlier this month. The 31-year-old father of four died while in custody on July 10 after his attorney says he ...

In a city where statues and schools have been named after one-time pimps, slave owners and wagers of war, it is not at all surprising that a street could be named for a man who called white people ...

Less than a week before Elijah Muhammad became the 10th detainee to die on Rikers Island this year, he was placed in an isolated de-escalation unit for over 30 hours – more than five times longer than ...