Elijah Muhammad Research Paper

I am writing about the Nation of Islam's Elijah Muhammad because I'm trying to show how this group strived to amass economic stability, independence and religious freedom under the devout, pious, reverent, and pietistic leadership of Mr. Muhammad.
In order to explain how under Elijah Muhammad's guidance the Black Muslims were able to gain economic wealth and stability, as well as independence from the federal and state welfare systems.
Elijah Muhammad was born as Elijah Poole on October 7, 1897, in Bolds Springs, Georgia, a town so small, that in order to identify it, one needs to mention Sandersville, Georgia, another town that stands between Macron and Atlanta, Georgia. Elijah was the sixth of 13 children, born to Wali and Marie Poole.
However, those laws in reality made separate and unequal accommodations for them. (Halasa, p. 22).
Also, blacks were kept away from their recently-granted right to vote. Ballot-box stuffing, in which "white primaries" were held and excluded black people from the pre-election proceedings. There were also difficult registration and voting methods in place to keep blacks from the voting booth. Eight states in 1908, including Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Virginia and Georgia had their constitutions revised to keep blacks away from their right to vote during political elections and away from the voting booths. (Halasa, pp. 23, 24).
Elijah was aware of the disenfranchisement of blacks and the problems that they encountered on a daily basis. The Poole family barely made enough money to pay their bills as sharecroppers. The family rented the land that they farmed from a landowner for a share of the crops that season. The family sold the remainder of the crops for a small amount of money. The money was just enough for them to purchase a few items of basis supplies and some clothes. (Halasa, pp. 24,
Wali Poole again tried his hand at sharecropping. At that time, the Poole family children were needed in the fields. They attended school whenever Wali Poole didn't need them to help him farm the land. The children, including Elijah plowed using the family mule, sowed the land in the spring time and harvested the crops. (Halasa, pp. 25, 27).
After finishing the fifth grade, Elijah left school and went to work full-time as a field hand and sawmill worker. However he continued to learn. After working all day in the fields, Elijah had one of his sisters tutor him. He read the Bible with tears flowing from his eyes because he said that he wanted to "experience the salvation that the Bible promised." The many sermons that his father had given over the years were fiery and made him want to be freed from the oppression that he experienced in the South. (Halasa, pp.