Did You Know?

Did You Know?

  • The military drill started first with the FOI in the early 1930s.

  • The first MGT class was May 26,1934.

  • Master Fard Muhammad taught the messengers, wife mother, Clara Muhammad, and Burnsteen Sharrieff how to make the wheat bread.

  • Master Fard Muhammad said when cooking always use turmeric in everything possible because of its advantages for the body.

  • When Master Fard Muhammad drove his car, he drove so fast he was known to have a heavy foot.

  • Master Fard Muhammad drove the Reformer Burnsteen Sharrieff Muhammad and mother Clara Muhammad in his car.

  • Master Fard Muhammad drove a Ford automobile and he referred to it as “Cavy” because a Caucasian had given it to him.

  • At a young age, the Reformer also assisted the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in teaching student ministers; he said that because she was there from the beginning

  • The Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit Michigan and the rich "bottom" marsh soil is the source of the name "Black Bottom."