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Elijah Muhammad, leader of the American black Muslim organization the Nation of Islam, addresses the concluding session of the annual convention at Chicago Coliseum, Ill., on Feb. 28, 1966. He is flanked by bodyguards. (AP Photo)

Kit Doyle

May 10, 2019

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