Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Black Muslim movement, concluded the tutorial of his designated successor, Elijah Muhammad, in 1934. That was the year Fard, who under the Nation of Islam’s ...

When Charles Rasheed moved to Baltimore in 1945, he found himself in a city with no organized Muslim presence. The barber from Washington followed the teachings of Nation of Islam founder Elijah ...

Even as they mourn the death and celebrate the life of Muhammad Ali, leaders and members of the local Nation of Islam Mosque No. 5 want the public to think about this question: How did Cassius Clay ...

In a city where statues and schools have been named after one-time pimps, slave owners and wagers of war, it is not at all surprising that a street could be named for a man who called white people ...

Then, on February 25, 1964, in one of the most stunning upsets in sports history, Clay knocked out Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion of the world. Two days later, he shocked the world again ...

Friends, family and fans will say their final goodbyes in Louisville to the one simply known as “The Greatest.” Muhammad Ali grew up in Louisville Kentucky, but he spent important, formative years in ...