| Name | Ruby Muhammad |
| Date of Birth | March 20, 1907 |
| Place of Birth | Georgia |
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Ruby Muhammad was born on March 20, 1907 in Georgia. She died on Mar 2, 2011 (age 103). Known as the “Mother of the Nation of Islam,” she was a prominent African American Muslim who lived in the United States.
In 1946, she became a member of the Nation of Islam, a religious group that was founded in the city of Detroit. She spent the final years of her life in Sacramento, California, in a retirement home that also provided nursing care for its residents. Sandersville, Georgia is the place where she began her life as Rubie Macie Greer. Muhammad’s father and great grandfather both lived to be over a hundred years old, and she did as well. However, Muhammad’s mother passed away when she was a youngster.
