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Black History from Pittsburgh
EVERY WEEK we will honor and represent our African American heroes. TO VIEW BLACK HISTORY ARCHIVES CLICK HERE |
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know that it is very important for the world to know about our heritage.
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The
Week of October 8th, 2006: IN BLACK
HISTORY
Muhammad was born Elijah Poole in Sandersville, Georgia as one of 13 children of tenant farmers (share croppers) . At the age of 16 he left home and traveled about America. In 1917 he married Clara Evans, later to be known as Mother Clara Muhammad. In 1923 he finally settled in Detroit, Michigan where he worked at an automobile factory. The young Elijah Poole apparently witnessed three lynchings before the age of twenty, no doubt contributing to his grim evaluation of whites....read more
REST IN PEACE: (R.I.P.)
Andrea Lee Oliver Woodson aka "Andy" aka "Mother" Lucy Curry , Dot Talley, Vera Downing,
Bertrand "Goocher" Frye, Irma Woodson, Copyright 2006 Brotha Ash Productions. All Rights Reserved |
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Elijah
Muhammad (c.October 7, 1897–February 25, 1975)
led the Nation of Islam, a largely African-American spiritual
and political (Theocracy) organization, from 1934 until his death.
