Nation of Islam: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Numerous books by members of the Nation include Silis Muhammad, The Wake of the Nation of Islam (1985); Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965, reissued 1999); and two works by Elijah Muhammad, History of the Nation of Islam (1994) and Our Saviour Has Arrived (1974). Martha F. Lee, The Nation of Islam: An American Millenarian Movement (1988, reissued 1996), provides a good overview of the leading figures in the history of the Nation.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Counter Extremism Project - Nation of Islam (NOI). | Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference, updated, added Top Questions. | Apr 15, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - The birth of the Nation of Islam. | Mar 23, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. | Dec 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Nation of Islam and the Muslim World: Theologically Divorced and Politically United (PDF). | Jun 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Focus on Faith - The US Nation of Islam. | Apr 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Southern Poverty Law Center - Nation of Islam. | Feb 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: West Philadelphia Collaborative History - Malcolm X, Part III: Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam. | Dec 20, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: IU Indianapolis ScholarWorks - The Nation of Islam (PDF). | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hartford Institute for Religion Research - Nation of Islam. | Sep 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Muslims in Brooklyn - A Short History of Black American Islam (PDF). | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Counter Extremism Project - Nation of Islam (NOI). | Jun 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: ADL - Nation of Islam. | Apr 28, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Southern Poverty Law Center - Nation of Islam. | Nov 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Religions and Spirituality Project - Nation of Islam. | Aug 26, 2022 | ||
| Revised to note that two of the persons convicted of murdering Malcolm X were later exonerated. | Mar 09, 2022 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black.” | Oct 01, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Oct 01, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Black-Jewish Relations: The Nation of Islam. | Aug 07, 2014 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 08, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 17, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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