Muhammad was arrested again the day of the election when he asked Mayor Charles Durrough of Ruleville, Mississippi to let him monitor the town's polling place. The mayor, who was an opponent of the civil rights movement, had him detained and he was sentenced to 30 days in jail for interfering with the election. Muhammad went to Washington D.C. during the March on Washington, but he chose to demonstrate in front of the Department of Justice with Hollis Watkins instead. On July 8, 1964, Muhammad was injured after Klan members bombed the McComb Freedom House where he was sleeping. Shortly after the bombing, Muhammad traveled to Africa for the first time. After leaving the SNCC in 1968, Muhammad continued championing civil rights. He protested against racism in Chicago and started an activist bookstore in Washington D.C.. In the 1970s, his activism attracted the attention of the FBI's COINTELPRO programs and he changed his name to Curtis Muhammad. He later moved to New Orleans where he worked for the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees and AFL–CIO as an organizer at the grassroots level. In 1994, Muhammad appeared in the civil rights documentary film "Freedom on My Mind". In 2005, Muhammad founded the People's Fund and the People's Organizing Committee to help New Orleans residents recover from Hurricane Katrina. Muhammad has been married several times and has 10 children, including (in birth order): Abdullah Muhammad, Ishmael Muhammad, Sanovia Muhammad (deceased), Ivory Muhammad, Llena Chavis, Jabari, Musa and Afrika Williams and his youngest son, actor Curtis Williams.