The Nation of Islam has great importance as the bridge for many black Americans to move from Christianity to normative Islam (i.e., the global religion dating to the 7th century). Despite its name, ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO) — Four diplomas. Dozens of certifications and awards. And now, 13-year-old Elijah Muhammad’s family says he’s the youngest African American to graduate college with a degree in ...

Elijah Muhammad is the youngest in his family to receive a degree. Elijah Muhammad has achieved something not many 13 year olds can brag about: He's a college graduate. The young teen recently walked ...

"You're really doing this, you're the youngest to ever do it," Elijah Muhammad says his father told him of the accomplishment Julia Moore is a TV writer-reporter at PEOPLE. A graduate of Northwestern ...

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 ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOCO/CNN/CNN Newsource) - An Oklahoma teen just graduated from college with four diplomas. At only 13-years-old, his family said he's the youngest African-American to graduate college ...