Clara Muhammad #1213

Caption from poster__       Sister Clara Muhammad Sister Clara Muhammad Mother of Imam  Warith Deen Muhammed demonstrated  her strength and courage when she took  her children out of the public school system and became pioneers for home schooling; homeschooling was illegal at that time. was illegal. African American Muslim schools all  over the country are name after her.     Clara Muhammad (November 2, 1899–August 1972), also known as Clara Poole, was born Clara Evans in Macon, Georgia. She was the wife of Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad. They married in Georgia in 1917, before he changed his name from Elijah Poole. Between 1917 and 1939, Elijah and Clara Muhammad had eight children: six boys and two girls, including Warith Deen Muhammad. "Mother Clara" often faced virulent opposition to the Nation of Islam. She and her husband took their children out of the public school system and became pioneers for homeschooling; homeschooling was illegal at that