The common belief that the Fruit of Islam was preparing for
racial aggression has never been substantiated. The Muslim Girls'
Training Classes taught cooking, sewing, housekeeping, and
etiquette,.
After Fard's disappearance, the leadership passed on to Elijah
Muhammed, formerly Elijah Poole, whom Fard had been grooming as
his successor. Elijah Muhammed moved to Chicago and began Temple
Number Two and established his headquarters there. The "Black
Muslims", as well as other small, semi-religious, separatist groups,
continued to exist unnoticed by the general public. When Malcolm
Little, better known as Malcolm X, was converted to the "Nation of
Islam", he gave the movement the organizational skill and the
eloquence which it previously lacked. This brought it into national
prominence.
Black Nationalism and the Negro Renaissance shared a strong
sense of racial consciousness and racial pride. However, while
the writers who expressed the spirit of the new Negro still
believed in their future in America, the black nationalists
enunciated a mood of alienation and despair.
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