- Time Period
- 1913
- Description
- Beginning in 1913 with the founding of the Moorish Science Temple of America by Noble Drew Ali, the Black Muslim movement emphasized the unique role of Islam as the "true religion" of the black community and its role in fighting white supremacy in the United States. Fusing religion and black nationalism, the movement grew with the rising influence of the Nation of Islam (NOI), founded in 1930 by W.D. Fard and sustained by Elijah Muhammad thereafter. NOI leader Malcolm X attracted national attention, but also received criticism for promoting black supremacy.In the 1960s and 1970s, the Black Muslim movement splintered into various groups, including the more mainstream Sunni Islam group later known as the American Society of Muslims (1976) and a revitalized Nation of Islam group under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan (1977).The Black Muslim movement remains a controversial, but nonetheless unique movement in African American religion.For more information on the history of African American Islam, visit the ARDA's Religion Family Trees.
- Interactive Timeline(s)
- Social Movements and Religion Race/Ethnicity and Religion Religious Minorities (Non-Christian)
- Browse Related Timeline Entries
- Social Movements and Religion in American History Race/Ethnicity and Religion in American History Religious Minorities (Non-Christian) in American History
- Religious Groups
- Timeline Entries for the same religious group Islamic
- Biographies
- X, Malcolm Muhammad, Elijah Farrakhan, Louis
- Events
- Nation of Islam Founded Million Man March Muhammad Ali Converts to Islam
- Photographs
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Moorish Science Temple Conclave- Wikimedia Commons -
Elijah Muhammad speaking- Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-116389 -
Nation of Islam, Savior's Day Message gathering- National Archives and Records Administration.gif -
Malcolm X portrait- Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-119478 -
Elijah Muhammad addressing an assembly of Muslim followers- Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-116384 - Book/Journal Source(s)
- Murphy, Larry, J. Gordon Melton, and Gary Ward, 1993. Encyclopedia of African American Religions. New York: Garland.
- Web Page Contributor
- Benjamin T. Gurrentz Affliated with: Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D. in Sociology
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