Honorable Elijah Muhammad House Claimed

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad House Museum also known as Sajdah House is the former home of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. It is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of Interiors.

Urban Historic Preservation is on the rise in Urban Cities throughout America. African Americans around the United States are preserving their history through the development of House Museums. Preservationist, Business and Real Estate Developer, Sajdah Wendy Muhammad, is one of the vanguards of this new movement to use place-based education to tell the stories of the everyday lives of African Americans.

This Sacred property is the most important piece of property in modern day African American history. There are more leaders and icons that have visited, dined, and met in the Home of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Mother Clara Muhammad from 1952 to 1972 than any other piece of property in our modern-day history as African Americans. More influencers from our community have met and dined in this home from 1952 to 1972. From the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Mother Tynnetta Muhammad, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Senator Adam Clayton Powell, Comedian and Activist Dick Gregory, Author and Activist James Baldwin, Muhammad Ali, Wilma Rudolph, Malcolm X, Mother Evelyn Muhammad, James Brown, Sam Cook, Kwame Toure, Ralph Abernathy, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, Che Guevera, Members of the 1968 Democratic Convention, a host of International Representatives, Business Leaders and many other iconic members of our community.