Wallace Fard Muhammad

Organization founder

1893 –

46

Who is Wallace Fard Muhammad?

Wallace Fard Muhammad was the founder of the Nation of Islam, an African-American religion and empowerment organization. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, where he taught a distinctive form of Islam among the city's African-American population. He disappeared in 1934 after several disputes with local authorities.

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Born
Feb 26, 1893
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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