Ruby Muhammad
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| Born | March 20, 1897 Sandersville, Georgia, United States |
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| Occupation | Mother of the Nation of Islam (since 1986) |
Ruby Muhammad is the Mother of the Nation of Islam. She was born in Sandersville, Georgia, but grew up in Americus, Georgia. No birth certificate exists to confirm her age, but she has stated in newspaper interviews that she was born Ruby Macie Grayer on March 20, 1897.[1]
Muhammad's mother died when she was very young, and she was raised by a woman she called her aunt, though she now says that this woman was probably not a relative. She did not know her father until she was a teenager.[2] Community records in her birth town indicate that her father died at 107 and her great-grandfather died at 110.[1]
Muhammad joined the Nation in 1946 and was named Mother of the Nation of Islam in 1986 by Minister Louis Farrakhan. [2] This is an honorary title, and Muhammad, who has been married twice, is not the widow of Elijah Muhammad, founder of the Nation of Islam.
In March 2007 she turned 110. Despite this, she was still in excellent health, exercising and taking care of herself. [2] In 2008, Ruby Muhammad, now known as Ruby Pittman (the name of her second husband), got a scooter as a donation from a scooter store.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Seniors - Number of centenarians expected to double every decade URL accessed April 12, 2007
- ^ a b c Sacramento News & Review, Interview with Ruby Muhammad URL accessed April 11, 2007
- ^ Disabled Sacramento Woman, 110, Receives Power Wheelchair Donation from The SCOOTER Store URL accessed February 16, 2008
- ^ Barrow, Genoa. "Mother Muhammad Goes Mobile", News, The Sacramento Observer, February 5, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
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