num_pages: 111
description: The "Evolution of the Nation of The story of Elijah Muhammad" tells an American success story. Its' about a family who migrated to Detroit, Michigan from their Southern roots of Cordel County, Georgia in 1923. The family sought to escape southern racism only to weather the brutal and impoverished conditions of the Great Depression. With only a fourth grade education and the tutelage of his Arabian born mentor, a 19 year old, 40 cents-a-day wage earning Georgia plow boy, Elijah Poole became known to America and the world as The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam. -It has been 27 years since the author's Grandfather, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad's passing (2-25-1975). The book also seeks to provide some insight on the Nation of Islam's broad-based value shift and the bastardizing of it's original message. -This book is told in the words of a grandson, born and raised in America as a third generation Muslim. Jesus Muhammad-Ali afforded what may be termed a dual citizenship level of privilege in the Arab World--given the respect as a family member who pioneered religious tolerance for Islam in America. -Published in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, THE EVOLUTION OF THE NATION OF ISLAM seeks to share the insights born out of my many visits to the Middle East. It offers a historical perspective which can only strengthen the bound of our common East-West alliance.
language: English
title: The Evolution of the Nation of Islam: the Story of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad
titlecomplete: The Evolution of the Nation of Islam: the Story of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad
ratings_count: 4
publisher: JMA Pub