THE HISTORY OF THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD Q.
What year, month and day was Messenger Muhammad born?
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He was born in October, 1897. The exact date is not known, as record keeping for Black people in those days was practically non-existent. The Hon. Elijah Muhammad himself chose the 7th as the day.
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Where was Messenger Muhammad born?
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Messenger Muhammad was born in Sandersville, Georgia, not many miles from his hometown he grew up in Macon, Georgia.
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How large was his family?
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Messenger Muhammad was the seventh child of thirteen children.
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Who gave him the name of Elijah?
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A paternal grandfather gave him the name Elijah, and always addressed him as Elijah the Prophet.
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Did Messenger Muhammad show leadership traits early?
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Yes; the older children in the family would always come to him to settle disputes and at fifteen, he was a foreman over a crew of men much older than he.
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How old was Messenger Muhammad when he married and migrated to Detroit?
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Messenger Muhammad was twenty-five years of age, and he moved to Detroit in April, 1923.
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What was the first meeting of Allah and Elijah Poole like?
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Someone, one day went excitedly to tell Mr. Elijah Poole that there was a certain man in town teaching that which he just had to go hear for himself. So, Mr. Elijah Poole went down to the meeting hall to hear this certain man speak. According to the best reports, as soon as he walked into the room he realized that the One Who was speaking was God,
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