The Great Conventions of The Lost-Found Nation of Islam 1974-1975

Forty years ago, February 26, 1975, the Nation of Islam held its final Saviour’s Day Convention inside Chicago’s Richard L. Jones Armory. The Armory swelled with mourners over the untimely passing of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, “Messenger of Allah,” who led the movement for more than 40 years. For the first time, the world can view a peerless collection of candid, unseen photographs of Saviour’s Day Conventions 1974 and ‘75—including never before seen photos of the funeral of Messenger Elijah Muhammad from Muhammad’s Temple No. 2 to Mount Glenwood Cemetery in Thornton, Illinois. For the first time in publication is a visual, patented collection of images in the likeness and spirit of Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam. THE NATION OF ISLAM: The Great Conventions is history in the making, produced by photojournalist researcher Kwantu Spears, who places you directly behind the photographer’s lens where all the action took place!