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Chicago

    Black and white photo of tall buildings in Chicago. There is a flagpole flying an American flag, a river with some boats tied up along its edge. A staircase leads up to a steel bridge that crosses the river.

    Chicago in the 1970s. Elijah Muhammad governed the Nation of Islam from his Chicago headquarters ca. 1946 until the Messenger’s death in 1975.

    ca. 1970s
    Copyright
    Public Domain
    Attribution/Credit

    Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division