NEW YORK — The New York City Council on Thursday approved a plan to name a Harlem block in honor of Elijah Muhammad, the controversial late leader of the Nation of Islam. The bid to name the ...

A New York City street corner will soon be named after a Nation of Islam leader whom many hail for his contributions to the Black community, but who also made numerous antisemitic remarks. On Thursday ...

May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, or NOI, and helped to lead the organization ...

NEW YORK — In a city where statues and schools have been named after one-time pimps, slave owners and wagers of war, it is not at all surprising that a street could be named for a man who called white ...

The strange story of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam and onetime mentor of Malcolm X. Rarely one to miss an occasion for poetry (or publicity), Jesse Jackson waxed eloquent at the ...

Fifty years ago, American Islam changed course. On Feb. 26, 1975 — the day after the death of Elijah Muhammad, then the leader of the Nation of Islam — his son Wallace Deen Muhammad was lifted before ...

This week's new episodes of the NatGeo limited series Genius: MLK/X mark the final TV performance of Ron Cephas Jones, who died in August at 66 years old. The late actor recurred as Elijah Muhammad, ...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali speaks at a Black Muslim convention in Chicago, in this Feb. 25, 1968 file photo. Seated behind Ali is Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam.

In a city where statues and schools have been named after one-time pimps, slave owners and wagers of war, it is not at all surprising that a street could be named for a man who called white people ...