<I>The Fruit of Islam</I>
date: label: Date
content: February 1972
name: label: Photograph by
content: John H. White, American, born 1945
label: Subject of
content: Fruit of Islam, American, founded 1933
label: Subject of
content: Elijah Muhammad, American, 1897 - 1975
label: Subject of
content: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
notes: label: Description
content: A black and white photographic print of Elijah Muhammad's body gaurds.The guards are members of the Fruit of Islam. They are siting in chairs at the bottom of a curtain-lined stage platform. They are wearing military style uniforms that include a jacket, pants and hat. The jacket has a white stripe around the collar and the cuff and the pants have a white stripe down the side. Each man is wearing a hat that has the letters [FOI] in white on the front. Each man is seated with his right hand placed on top of the left hand, resting on the left leg. A portrait of Elijah Muhammad is hanging on the corner of the stage platform in the center of the photograph. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
place: label: Place captured
content: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Nation of Islam
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Religion
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.118.8
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © John H. White
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image and sheet): 8 7/8 × 14 in. (22.5 × 35.6 cm)