The Genesis of the Nation of Islam
I don't claim to know much if anything about this, but I know there is at least one person here who was close to the family of the founders, and others who are old enough to be close in time to the actual events that transpired.
It seems to me it was part of the civil rights movement. I am really interested in the psychology that led to the belief that Christianity was insufficient for the welfare of African Americans that led to the adoption of Islam as a better way for African Americans.
I may not even be posing the question properly, so excuse my ignorance if that is the case. And please, while debate is good, I hope it will generate a dialog and understanding, and not cause another BIA war.

In my opinion,
steve williams and steven muhammad are both American citizens.
steve williams and steven muhammad are both students of American History and may or may not have been affected by American History the same way.
steve williams and steven muhammad, both are byProducts of slaverAmericana.
steve williams and steven muhammad might both view slaverAmericana -- 1492-1864 as GOOD Christian Life....
steve williams and steven muhammad might both view slaverAmericana -- 1492-1864 as BAD Christian Life
steve williams and steven muhammad are both searching for Intelligence, Scholarship and an Understanding of AlQur'aan and the Sunnah of Mohomed(as)
africans came to America as Muslim Explorers and Slaves.
the descendants of Europeans and Africans in America have chosen the Faith and Way of AlIslaam to Direct their lives to a closer Monotheistic path than the European Christian path of 1492-1864.
Our Father elijahMuhammad, after being almost lynched and had all his property stolen in georgia Realized that 1492-1864 Christianity was not helping and providing the Nourishment of The Creator for himself and other Americans that looked like him.
along with some of the Family of Marcus Garvey and various other similar minded Americans of the African Diaspora and a few nonAmerican Muslim Believers---he began a Journey to AlQur'aan and the Sunnah of Mohamed(as) through a vehicle that he and others called; The Lost Found Nation of Islam in America.
Oh, I guess we can all search on Google for the rest, but your Blog Subject is Genesis---?
and this as best as an old man;
with personal knowledge of the passengers, personal long hours of discussion with passengers in the vehicle, actual vehicle passengerism, and most importantly Family of the Passengers--can express in a short writing.
now that vehicle became New, Modern and Complete in 1975---at the Death of Our Father Elijah Muhammad and The Lost Found Nation of Islam in America died.
The Family of Elijah Muhammad as American Muslims have since 1975 Joined the Broader 2 Billion Muslims in the World with their Submission to AlQur'aan and the Sunnah of Mohamed(as).
today there are nonFamily groups that claim the junked vehicle of noi, for their own Fraudulent salvagable financial gain---i would call them the neoNOI, not NOI.