- Photograph by
- White, John H., American, born 1945
- Subject of
- Fruit of Islam, American, founded 1933
- Muhammad, Elijah, American, 1897 - 1975
- Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
- Date
- February 1972
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and sheet): 8 7/8 × 14 in. (22.5 × 35.6 cm)
- Description
- A black and white photographic print of Elijah Muhammad's body gaurds.The guards are members of the Fruit of Islam. They are siting in chairs at the bottom of a curtain-lined stage platform. They are wearing military style uniforms that include a jacket, pants and hat. The jacket has a white stripe around the collar and the cuff and the pants have a white stripe down the side. Each man is wearing a hat that has the letters [FOI] in white on the front. Each man is seated with his right hand placed on top of the left hand, resting on the left leg. A portrait of Elijah Muhammad is hanging on the corner of the stage platform in the center of the photograph. There are no inscriptions, front or back.
- Place captured
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of John H. White/Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photojournalist
- Object number
- 2016.118.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- © John H. White
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




