death_date death_place birth_place title name birth_date known_for article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
30 september 2003 oakland , california greenville , texas bey yusuf bey 21 december 1935 your black muslim bakery yusuf bey
 joseph stephens activist and leader cancer
yusuf bey

yusuf bey -lrb- december 21 , 1935 -- september 30 , 2003 -rrb- , born joseph stephens , was a black muslim activist and leader .
after discovering the teachings of elijah muhammed in the 1960s , he adopted the name yusuf bey and moved to oakland , california , and then santa barbara , california , where in 1968 he opened a bakery .
the bakery moved to oakland by 1971 .
renamed your black muslim bakery , it became the center of a local black nationalist community .
held out at the time as a model of african-american economic self-sufficiency , the business fell apart after bey 's death and a series of murders linked to criminal activities .
