Original Man The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad

"This first full-length scholarly biography of Elijah Muhammad benefits greatly from interviews with the leader's family and from recently declassified FBI files on the Nation....The records of this surveillance, especially the phone tapping, reveal a complex and somewhat duplicitous Elijah Muhammad--reassuring Malcolm X of his secure role in the movement and then urging another follower to 'close Malcolm's eyes and chop off his head.' ...In all, this is both an outstanding biography and an important contribution to the history of the Nation of Islam.Clegg, Claude Andrew, III is the author of 'Original Man The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad', published 1998 under ISBN 9780312181536 and ISBN 0312181531.