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Fard, Wallace D.
birthdate unknowndisappeared c. 1934
Little is known about the mysterious religious and political leader Wallace D. Fard, credited with founding the Nation of Islam.
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Only the years of 1930 to 1934 are clearly documented. He claimed to have been born in Mecca, a member of the tribe of Kureish, to which the Prophet Muhammad belonged, and to have been educated in England and at the University of California.
His detractors claimed he had been jailed in California for dealing in narcotics. Neither of these accounts of his life was ever confirmed.
Fard appeared in Detroit sometime before 1930, peddling silks and raincoats and declaring that he was on a mission to secure justice, freedom, and equality for American blacks.
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He professed that he was an Islamic prophet and that redemption would come through Islam. Fard quickly gained a following, especially among recent immigrants from the South who were undergoing severe economic hardship. In 1930 he set up permanent h