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Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, he was a vocal ...
Warith Deen Mohammed (born Wallace D. Muhammad; [ a] October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008), also known as W. Deen Mohammed, Imam W. Deen Muhammad and Imam Warith Deen, was an African-American Muslim leader, theologian, philosopher, Muslim revivalist, and Islamic thinker. He was a son of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam from ...
Michael Berkowitz, UK-based American historian and professor of modern Jewish history at University College London; Michael Berry (disambiguation), multiple people; Michael Berryman (born 1948), American character actor; Michael Bethke, American murderer; Michael Zehaf-Bibeau (1982–2014), shooter who attacked the Canadian Parliament Buildings ...
“Time is rushing,” said Zailer, who has her own baby close in age to her cousin’s. “There’s a nine-month-old baby and a four-year-old child. And my aunt has Parkinson’s disease.”
Wallace Fard Muhammad, also known as W. F. Muhammad, Wallace D. Fard or Master Fard Muhammad[ 3] ( / fəˈrɑːd /; [citation needed] reportedly born February 26, c. 1877[ 4][ a] – disappeared c. 1934 ), was the founder of the Nation of Islam. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an ambiguous background and several aliases, and proselytized ...
Cat Stevens. Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948 ), [ 1] commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. [ 2] His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later ...
Yasiin Bey. Yasiin Bey ( / jæˈsiːn ˈbeɪ / yass-EEN BAY; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), formerly known as Mos Def ( / ˌmoʊs ˈdɛf / MOHSS DEF ), is an American rapper and actor. A prominent figure in conscious hip hop, he is recognized for his use of wordplay and commentary on social and political issues, such as police ...
Elijah Muhammad (born Elijah Robert Poole; October 7, 1897 – February 25, 1975) was an American religious leader, black separatist, and self-proclaimed Messenger of Allah who led the Nation of Islam (NOI) from 1933 until his death in 1975. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Muhammad was also the teacher and mentor of Malcolm X, Louis Farrakhan, Muhammad Ali, and ...