Tynetta Muhammad is a longtime member and columnist for the Nation of Islam

Nation of Islam

The Nation of Islam is a mainly African-American new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930 to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African-Americans in the United States of America. The movement teaches black pride and...

 (NOI). Known as Tynetta Muhammad, she writes the weekly column, Unveiling the Number 19 in the NOIs official newspaper The Final Call. She was a speaker at the Million Man March

Million Man March

The Million Man March was a gathering of social activists, en masse, held on and around the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1995...

 in October 1995 in Washington, DC. A former NOI secretary, she had four children with Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975...

. She claims to be Muhammad's widow, though this claim is disputed. She was actually one of several women that Muhammad had relations with and whom he fathered children.

Early life and education

Born Tynetta Nelson, she grew up in Detroit and after her conversion, worked as a secretary for Elijah Muhammad. Under the name Tynetta Deanar she wrote for the Women in Islam column in Muhammad Speaks

Muhammad Speaks

Muhammad Speaks now known as Muslim Journal was one of the most widely-read newspapers ever produced by an African American organization. Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad began the publication on May 1960. Its first issue bore the title Some of this Earth to Call Our Own or Else. A weekly...

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Marriage and family

She had children with Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad

Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975...

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Ishmael Muhammad

Ishmael Muhammad is an American Nation of Islam member. He is the Nation of Islam national assistant minister to Louis Farrakhan. Of Elijah Muhammad’s 21 children, he is the eldest son of his mother Tynetta Muhammad He is the Student Minister at Mosque Maryam, the headquarters of the Nation of Islam...

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Christopher Muhammad

-Family:Christopher is the son of Elijah Muhammad, and Tynetta Muhammad a major theologian in the Nation of Islam. He is the brother of Ishmael Muhammad, a son of Elijah Muhammad, and the Nation of Islam's national assistant minister.-Lennar Corporation activism:...

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