Elijah Muhammad, longtime leader of the Nation of Islam, died in Chicago at the age of 77. Under his leadership, the organization grew significantly, advocating Black self-sufficiency, discipline, and identity. After his death, his son Wallace D. Muhammad (later Warith Deen Mohammed) succeeded him, initiating major reforms to align the movement more closely with mainstream Sunni Islam.
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