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2 unusual facts about Elijah Muhammad


Elijah Muhammad

Muhammad was also thanked in the 1996 documentary When We Were Kings, and the film is dedicated to him.

On January 30, 1975, Muhammad entered Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, suffering from a combination of heart disease, diabetes, bronchitis, and asthma.


Al Freeman, Jr.

His portrayal of Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam leader, in the film Malcolm X earned him the 1995 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.


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Tynnetta Muhammad

In the 1960s, during the life of Elijah Muhammad, Tynnetta wrote regularly in Muhammad Speaks on woman's issues, condemning the immodest dress of the era.

Wallace Fard Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad also challenged the Hearst press, which had publicized the story, and offered US$100,000 to anyone who could prove W. F. Muhammad was an alias of Wallace Dodd Ford.