The Founders of the NOI
He founded the Nation of Islam in Detroit in 1930 to help Black people find their true identity.
Who is Wallace Fard Muhammad?
The act of defining your own identity and worth instead of letting others do it for you.
What is self-definition?
The NOI believed that true freedom required this—being able to provide for yourself without outside help.
What is self-reliance?
This famous boxer changed his name from Cassius Clay and refused to fight in the Vietnam War.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
The NOI opened these businesses so the community could buy healthy food and have jobs.
What are Grocery Stores?
He was the student of Fard Muhammad who took over leadership and led the group for over 40 years.
Who is Elijah Muhammad?
This word means to refuse to comply with something you think is wrong, like Muhammad Ali did.
What is resitance?
The NOI wanted Black people to have their own schools and this, so they could grow their own food.
What are farms?
Malcolm X was a brilliant speaker who grew the NOI from a few people to over this many thousands.
What is 100,000?
This was the name of the schools the NOI created to teach Black children.
What is University of Islam?
The Nation of Islam was originally founded in this Michigan city.
What is Detroit?
Another word for "Freedom," or setting someone free from oppression.
What is Liberation?
The NOI was famous for having a strict "Moral Code," which meant no smoking, no drugs, and no eating this meat.
What is pork?
Muhammad Ali said he wouldn't fight in the war because his ________ would not let him kill poor people.
What is his Conscience?
This group, known as the FOI, was in charge of protecting the mosques and the people.
What is the Fruit of Islam?
Elijah Muhammad taught his followers to reject their "slave names" and use this letter instead.
What is X?
A person who is killed because of their religious or political beliefs.
What is the Martyr?
Point #5 of the program demanded an education that taught Black people their own ________.
What is history?
This was the name of the NOI’s newspaper that Malcolm X helped make famous.
What is Muhammad Speaks?
Members of the NOI often dressed very neatly, with the men wearing these to show self-respect.
What are Bowties (or Suits)?
This was the nickname given to Elijah Muhammad because he carried the message to the people.
What is The Messenger?
The right of a group of people to govern themselves and have their own power.
What is Sovereignty?
Instead of integration, the NOI often advocated for this—the act of staying apart to build their own nation.
What is separation?
Malcolm X traveled to this city for a pilgrimage (Hajj), which eventually changed some of his views.
What is Mecca?
By building their own businesses, the NOI practiced this economic principle of "Buying Black."
What is Economic Independence (or Self-Reliance)?