Elijah Muhammad’s Discipleship

Black and white photo from 1965, a massive indoor venue with thousands of Nation of Islam followers. The foreground to center of the photo shows several hundred women wearing white abayas, seated in folding chairs. A banner hung in the far-left balcony reads THERE IS NO GOD BUT ALLAH AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS PROPHET.

Elijah Muhammad addressing an assembly of his Nation of Islam followers.

1965

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Photo by Stanley Wolfson, New York World-Telegram & the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division