Noble Drew Ali Research Papers

Noble Drew Ali, or Timothy Drew, founded The Moorish Science Temple of America based on the belief that African-Americans originated from Moors in Northwest Africa. He established the new religion of Moorish Science and believed himself to be a prophet sent to save the moors of America. Despite his radical views on race, Drew Ali mostly focused on giving African-Americans a new sense of identity, inspiring civic involvement, and forging bonds between all races and cultures.

==A Mysterious Childhood==

Noble Drew Ali was born Timothy Drew somewhere in North Carolina on January 8, 1886. Some historians believe he was the son of a Muslim father from Morocco and a Cherokee mother.Gomez, 2005 Others believe a Cherokee tribe adopted him and was

He took several members from the temple and dubbed himself the Grand Sheik. His term did not last long and someone stabbed Green-Bey to death on March 15 in the Unity Hall of the Indiana Avenue Moorish Science Temple.Chicago Tribune, 1929 Police arrested Noble Drew Ali and other community members for inciting the killing of Green-Bey, even though he was not in Chicago at the time. Drew Ali dealt with Ezaldine Muhammad, the ex-Supereme Grand Governor also known as Lomax Bey, who supported the split. The did not indict Ali Drew and released him soon after his arrest in July 1929. Noble Drew Ali, or Timothy Drew, died on July 20, 1929, in his Chicago home. His official certificate of death states he died of “tuberculosis broncho-pneumonia”Perkins, W. E. (1996). Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture, Temple University Press. The Chicago Defender and many members of the Moorish nation believed his death to be at the hands of police and “that the ordeal of the trial together with the treatment he received at the hands of police in an effort to obtain true statements are directly responsible for the illness which precipitated his death.”Wilson,