On the Record.

On December 9, 2017, Brother Munir Muhammad sat with Sister Nurah Muhammad at Camden County Conference Center for the fourth episode of her podcast, Nurah Speaks. Juney Smith had just screened his film The Nation — a history of the Nation of Islam — and Brother Munir had come from Chicago for the showing. Sister Nurah placed a microphone between them and asked him to explain what C.R.O.E. was and why it existed.

The answer he gave was not a rehearsed mission statement. It was the truth. C.R.O.E., he said, is a labor of love that tells the story of the Messenger. When a visitor enters the Chicago facility, the collection itself does the work of introducing the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad; Brother Munir does not always need to speak. The more you learn about the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, he told Sister Nurah, the more you realize how effective He has been.