Mother of the Nation: Clara Evans Muhammad: Wife of Elijah Muhammad, Mother of Imam W. Deen Mohammed (THE LATTER YEARS: 1930 -1972)

Mother of the Nation: Clara Evans Muhammad (THE LATTER YEARS: 1930 -1972) details the second half of the life of Clara Evans Muhammad, a Black woman who became the center of an unprecedented racial and religious transformation in the US. Skillfully constructed to illustrate 20th-century racial conditions in America, this thought-provoking biography by Dr. Zakiyyah Muhammad recreates the life and times of an illustrious woman who, in promoting the cause of social justice, became, in the process, the "Mother of the Nation of Islam." It is a superbly researched and fast-moving narrative based on primary sources and interviews with those who knew her personally, exploring Clara's public and private life, including her relationships with her husband, family, and friends. The latter years of Sister Clara's life (1930-1972) are documented in this volume as she begins to live by the Teachings given to her by Wallace D. Fard, her spiritual teacher. Clara Muhammad, the wife of a formidable spir