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Muhammad Temple of Islam #12 site

Color photograph of a two-story red brick building at a street corner. A street sign says, “700 N, BROOKLYN ST” and a ONE WAY sign are nailed to a telephone pole.

Muhammad Temple of Islam #12 site, looking west from the intersection of Brooklyn St. and Lancaster Ave. This brick building was home to Muhammad Temple of Islam #12, 4218 Lancaster Ave. from 1957–63. It was one of ten Nation of Islam temples founded or reenergized by Malcolm X.

2019
Attribution/Credit

John L. Puckett