Wallace Muhammad
Wallace Fard Muhammad (born 26 February 1893) was the founder of the Nation of Islam, an African-American religion and empowerment organization. He arrived in Detroit in 1930 with an obscure background and several aliases, where he taught a distinctive form of Islam among the city's African-American population. He disappeared in 1934 after several disputes with local authorities.
Read more about Wallace Muhammad: Wallace Dodd Ford, Founding of The Nation of Islam, Disappearance, Ideology, In Popular Culture
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