They congregate for prayers in Liberty City’s Masjid Al-Ansar, Miami’s — and Florida’s — oldest mosque. ... was purchased in 1966 by Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam.

Masjid Al-Ansar, a mosque in Liberty City, is part of unknown Black Miami history at Ramadan and Eid that includes notable figures like Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X.

For more than five decades, Mattie Collins has joined the worshipers and curious onlookers who pour into a green-and-white building within earshot of Interstate 95. They climb up the stairs, take ...