Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (died 1975)

Elijah Muhammad

African American religious leader (1897–1975)

Elijah Muhammad was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who was the second leader of the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 1975. Muhammad was also the teacher and mentor of Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad…