Editing Etta James (section)

=== Religion ===
Through her mother, Dorothy, James was introduced to the [[Nation of Islam]]. Dorothy attended occasional meetings at Nation of Islam Temple No. 27 in Los Angeles, and relayed the teachings to her daughter.<ref name=":4" /> Under the care of her grandparents, however, James was raised [[Baptist]].<ref name="EJO" /> In her adult years, James and a friend began attending a Nation of Islam temple in Atlanta, where she found comfort in the preaching of [[Louis Farrakhan|Minister Louis X]] and a sense of "racial pride". She took on the name ''Jamesetta X'' and later joined [[Malcolm X]]’s temple in [[Harlem]]; she remained a member for about a decade.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bond |first1=Paul |date=26 January 2012 |title="Sing like your life depends on it": Etta James—1938-2012 |url=https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/01/etta-j26.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827170523/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2012/01/etta-j26.html |archive-date=August 27, 2021 |access-date=27 August 2021 |work=World Socialist Web Site |language=en}}</ref>  It was in Harlem that James became friends with young boxer [[Cassius Clay]], who later changed his name to [[Muhammad Ali]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Amelinckx |first=Andrew |date=2023-01-21 |title=Etta James' Relationship With Malcolm X Explained |url=https://www.grunge.com/1169254/etta-james-relationship-with-malcolm-x-explained/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Grunge |language=en-US}}</ref> She didn't strictly follow their beliefs, saying it was "something of a fad" and the "radical, the 'in' thing to do" at the time.<ref name=":4">{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Ula |title=The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam |date=2017 |page=105}}</ref>