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Abdullah H. Abdur-Razzaq


Abdullah H. Abdur-Razzaq also known as James Monroe King Warden, James 67X, and James Shabazz (December 20, 1931 - November 21, 2014) was an African American activist and Muslim known for being one of Malcolm X's most trusted associates.

James Monroe King Warden was born in Brooklyn New York and raised in the impoverished Morningside Park section of Harlem, New York. He attended the The Bronx High School of Science, from which he graduated with honors. He then initially enrolled in the City College of New York but transferred to Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania after a year, though he soon left that school as well to join the Army. Following his discharge, he returned to Lincoln, graduating with honors in English in 1958. He received a master's degree from Columbia University.

in 1958, he entered the Nation of Islam at Mosque No. 7, on 102 West 116th Street in New York City, under Minister Malcolm X. As was the custom of all others who entered the Nation of Islam, he abandoned the surname of Warden as a vestige of chattel slavery and became the 67th James in Mosque No. 7.

By 1960 he was promoted to Lieutenant of the Fruit of Islam, subordinate to Captain Joseph X. Gravitt (later known as Yusuf Shah). Subsequently, he was appointed Circulation Manager of the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, thus directly answerable to Minister Malcolm X.


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