| LC control no. | n 81071685 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 |
| Variant(s) | Elijah Muhammed, 1897-1975 Ilāyjā Muḥammad, 1897-1975 Karriem, 1897-1975 Muhammad, Elijah, 1897-1975 Muḥammad, Ilāyjā, 1897-1975 Poole, Elijah Robert, 1897-1975 Poole, Robert, 1897-1975 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 18971007 |
| Death date | 19750225 |
| Place of birth | Sandersville (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Field of activity | Black Muslims Muslims--United States Black nationalism |
| Affiliation | Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) |
| Profession or occupation | Minister of Islam Islamic leader |
| Found in | His Message to the blackman in America, 1965. Abū Sulaymān, ʻA. al-W. I. Munaẓẓamat Ilāyjā Muḥammad al-Amrīkīyah, 1979: t.p. (Ilāyjā Muḥammad) Muhammad, E. An interview with Elijah Muhammed [SR] p1983: label (Elijah Muhammed) An original man, 1997: CIP t.p. (Elijah Muḥammad) announce. sheet (d. 1975) Ency. of world biography, 2nd ed. (Elijah Muhammad, b. Elijah (or Robert) Poole, Oct. 7, 1897; d. Feb. 25, 1975) Britannica academic edition website, viewed Dec. 20, 2013 (Elijah Muhammad, original name Elijah Pool; b. Sandersville, Ga., d. Chicago; moved to Detroit in 1923, succeeded Wallace D. Fard as head of the Nation of Islam movement; due to dissension within the Detroit temple, moved to Chicago and estab. Temple No. 2) Wikipedia, Dec. 20, 2013 (Elijah Muhammad, b. Elijah Robert Poole) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Robert Poole; Islamic leader; born 10 October 1897 in Sandersville, Georgia, United States; in the early 1920s. worked in the automobile plants of Detroit; chosen by Master Wallace Fard (or Wali Farad) from Temple of Islam No. 1. to be his chief aide; Fard made him a "Bminister of Islam"(Band changed his name to Elijah Muhammad; led his followers to several midwestern cities before finally settling in Chicago in 1936 establishing there Temple of Islam No. 2; died 25 February 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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