Increased divisions between blacks & whites & among blacks+
Contributed to the rise of the Black Power Movement- achievements-controversial+
Often had a transformational impact- 1975- Washington Post praised its impact on 'thousands of black derelicts,bums & drug addicts, turning outlaws into useful, productive men & women'
NOI transformed Malcolm X -although he left in 1964 because of Elijah Muhammad's corruption & refusal to allow him to join the Birmingham Campaign
Supposedly it was a NOI gunman who assassinated Malcolm in 1965
