(NY Post) The City Council is set to rename a Harlem street after Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad — a figure civil rights activists consider a bigot who promoted black separatism.
According to a street-naming list, the corner of West 127th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard would become “The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad Way.”
The site is where Mosque Temple No. 7 — the eastern regional headquarters of the Nation of Islam — is located.
The honor for Elijah Muhammad is among 128 street renamings on a list before the Council — which will vote on the entire list.
But naming an intersection for Elijah Muhammad along a section of Malcolm X Boulevard is expected to raise eyebrows at a Tuesday public hearing.
