Wallace Muhammad Assumes Leadership of Nation of Islam
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@ Chapman University, Frank Mt. Pleasant Library of Special Collections and Archives
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Chicago: Standing before a a giant portrait of Elijah Muhammad, one of his sons, Wallace addresses thousands of the Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) at their annual Savior's Day observance at the International Amphitheatre 2/26. Wallace, 40, was proclaimed the new leader of the sect, succeeding his father, Elijah Muhammed, 77, who died 2/25.
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