Religious Organization-Nation of Islam
Sister Ethel Muhammad Sharrieff (1922-2002)
Sister Ethel Muhammad Sharrieff was the Supreme and National captain of the women’s auxiliary unit of the Nation of Islam...
Minister Abdul Rahman Aquil Muhammad (1931-2019)
Minister Abdul Rahman Aquil Muhammad (or Brother Rahman, as he was known) was the Southern Regional Minister for the Nation...
The Nation of Islam’s Economic Program, 1934-1975
In the following article, historian Nafeesa Muhammad describes the often lauded but understudied economic program of the Nation of Islam...
Joe Tex (1935-1982)
Joe Tex was an American rhythm and blues singer who was popular in the 1960s and 1970s. He is most famous for his...
Charles Kenyatta (1921-2005)
Charles Sumner Kenyatta, also known as Charles 37X and Charles Morris, organized the Harlem Mau Mau Society and worked as Malcolm X’s bodyguard....
Khalid Abdul Muhammad (1948-2001)
Khalid Abdul Muhammad was an African-American activist, a one-time member of the Nation of Islam, and national chairman of the...
COINTELPRO [Counterintelligence Program] (1956-1976)
COINTELPRO was a counterintelligence program run by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from roughly 1956 to 1976. It combined...
Warith Deen Mohammed (b. Wallace Delaney Muhammad) (1933-2008)
Wallace Delaney Muhammad was born on October 30, 1933 to Clara Evans and Elijah Poole in the impoverished Paradise Valley...
Betty Sandlin Shabazz (1934-1997)
Betty Shabazz, wife and later widow of Malcolm X, became an important political activist after the assassination of her husband...
