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title: "Which leader joined the Nation of Islam while in jail and then brought many African Americans into the movement?"  
description: "Which leader joined the Nation of Islam while in jail and then brought many African Americans into the movement?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43162/which-leader-joined-the-nation-of-islam-while-in-jail-and-then-brought-many-african-americans-into-the-movement  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Which leader joined the Nation of Islam while in jail and then brought many African Americans into the movement? 

Which leader joined the [Nation of Islam](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42050/what-were-the-goals-of-the-nation-of-islam-in-the-1960s) while in jail and then brought many [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) into the [movement](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51333/what-was-the-purpose-of-the-americanization-movement)?


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