Yahweh Ben Yahweh
Biography:
Born Hulon Mitchell, Jr. on October 27, 1935 in Kingfisher, Okla. and died on May 7, 2007 in Miami, Florida, Yahweh Ben Yahweh served as the leader of Atlanta's Mosque Number 15. After leaving the Nation of Islam, he founded the Black separatist sect, Nation of Yahweh in the Miami area. In 1992, Yahweh ben Yahweh was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder, but not racketeering, and sentenced to 18 years in prison. (Obituary, New York Times, May 9, 2007)
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Archival Collections and Reference Resources
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection (Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Gene Greneker interviewing local Nation of Islam leader Hulon Shah following the arrest and police beating of five men from the Nation of Islam, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 March 6 (Moving images)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Gene Greneker interviewing local Nation of Islam leader Hulon Shah following the arrest and police beating of five men from the Nation of Islam, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 March 6 (News)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Gene Greneker speaking about the arrest and police beating of five men from the Nation of Islam, and interviewing mosque leader Hulon Shah, 1964 March 6 (News)
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Gene Greneker speaking about the arrest and police beating of five men from the Nation of Islam, and interviewing mosque leader Hulon Shah, 1964 March 6 (Moving images)