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Discard your former slave-master's names and be willing and ready to accept one of Allah's Pure and Righteous Names that He Alone will give our people from His Own Mouth! A good name is, indeed, better than gold.

Elijah Muhammad

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Elijah Muhammad
Age: 77 †
Born: 1897
Born: October 7
Died: 1975
Died: February 25
Muslim Minister
Political Leader
Politician
Sandersville
Georgia
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