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Casket of Elijah Muhammad

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Chicago: Casket containing the body of Elijah Muhammad, spiritual leader of the Nation of Islam, better known as the Black Muslims, is carried from the Temple of Islam to hearse during funeral services, 2/28. An estimated 10,000 followers & friends attended services for the spiritual leader who died 2/25 at age 77.
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Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives

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Keywords

  1. African American Studies
  2. African Americans
  3. Black Panthers
  4. Civil Rights
  5. Civil Rights Movement
  6. Desegregation
  7. History
  8. Prejudice
  9. United States
  10. United States History

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