On this date, Wallace D. Fard Muhammad began teaching in Detroit, Michigan, marking the founding of the Nation of Islam (NOI). He taught a unique interpretation of Islam focused on Black empowerment, self-sufficiency, and liberation from systemic racism.
Elijah Muhammad became one of his early followers and was appointed by Fard as his successor. After Fard’s mysterious disappearance in 1934, Elijah Muhammad took leadership and transformed the NOI into a major religious and political movement, especially influential during the Civil Rights era.
Under Elijah Muhammad’s leadership, the NOI grew rapidly and influenced prominent figures like Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and Louis Farrakhan.
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