Ahead of the 2025 primary in the Detroit Mayoral Election, 7 News Detroit Anchor Carolyn Clifford is speaking to DaNetta Simpson, one of nine people who are running to be the next mayor.

After the Miami fight, Ali changed his name at the suggestion of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad. Ali entered the second fight with a 20-0 record, including 16 wins by knockout, but Liston ...

When he learned that the group’s leader Elijah Muhammad was having affairs with young secretaries, Malcolm X went public. He broke with the Nation of Islam. He converted to Sunni Islam and went ...

Honoring Malcolm X on his 100th birthday, examining his powerful legacy and its impact on Black liberation in today's racial climate.

Though widely associated with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X eventually broke from the organization in March 1964 after 12 years as its most prominent minister.

After beating Liston in 1964, Ali went public with his conversion, first calling himself Cassius X before Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad named him Muhammad Ali. Ali’s spiritual path twisted.

The Nation of Islam’s stark separatism initially anchored him, but after Elijah Muhammad’s death, he shifted toward mainstream Sunni Islam, then Sufism’s mystical currents.

FILE - Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington on May 16, 1963. AP Photo, File. Perhaps at least portions of the answers rest with Lee, and his landmark 1992 cinematic collage Malcolm X.It ...

In 1964, after breaking with the Nation of Islam and publicly accusing its leader, Elijah Muhammad, of adultery, Malcolm was candid with CBS News' Mike Wallace about the danger he faced.

More than a week later, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad gave him the name Muhammad Ali. Ali was in the local news for a 1965 closed-circuit showing of the Muhammad Ali-Floyd Patterson fight ...

This week in history: From the signing of the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves in 1807 to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014, significant events have shaped the world.

A top coordinator at a prominent left-wing nonprofit was in Chicago recently attending the Nation of Islam's annual Saviours' Day commemoration, which has been rife with controversy.