Africana Islamic Studies (Online) by
Highlights the diverse contributions that African Americans have made to the formation of Islam in the United States. It specifically focuses on the Nation of Islam and its patriarch Elijah Muhammad with regards to the African American Islamic experience.
African American Islam by
Investigates the diverse African American Islamic community on its own terms, in its own language and through its own synthesis of Islamic history and philosophy.
Black Crescent: The Experience and Legacy of African Muslims in the Americas by
A social history of the experiences of African Muslims and their descendants throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean.
Black Muslims in the US: History, Politics, and the Struggle of a Community by
Examines mainstream Sunni Islam among black Muslims in the Untied States from their arrival in the Americas to the present. Historically informed and theoretically grounded, this study challenges the Waves of Immigration theory (WOI) associated with the dominant paradigm governing “Islam in America” studies and offers an alternative approach to the study of Islam among blacks.
Islam in Black America: Identity, Liberation, and Difference in African-American Islamic Thought (Online) by
Focusing on the works of five of these notable figures--Edward W. Blyden, Noble Drew Ali, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Wallace D. Muhammad--author Edward E. Curtis IV examines the origin and development of modern African-American Islamic thought.
Islam in the African-American Experience, Second Edition by
Part I of the book explores the roots of Islam in the Middle East, West Africa, and antebellum America. Part II tells the story of the "Prophets of the City"--the leaders of the new urban-based African American Muslim movements in the 20th century.
Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960-1975 (Online) by
An examination of the rituals, ethics, theologies, and religious narratives of the Nation of Islam, showing how the movement combined elements of Afro-Eurasian Islamic traditions with African American traditions to create a new form of Islamic faith.
Elijah Muhammad and Islam (Online) by
Focuses on Elijah Muhammad's religiosity. Contextualizes Elijah Muhammad and his religious approach within the larger Islamic tradition, exploring his use of the Qur'an, his interpretation of Islam, and his relationships with other Muslims.
In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (Online) by
The story of the Nation of Islam--its rise in northern inner-city ghettos during the Great Depression through its decline following the death of Elijah Muhammad in 1975 to its rejuvenation under the leadership of Louis Farrakhan.
The Nation of Islam: An American Millenarian Movement by
Covering the Black Muslim religion, the Nation of Islam, in America since the turn of the 20th century to 1986, this study documents the transformation of the Nation, after the death of Elijah Mohammed, into two quite different entities.
Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, The Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State by
Centers the Nation in the Civil Rights Era and the making of the modern carceral state. In doing so, it reveals a multifaceted freedom struggle that focused as much on policing and prisons as on school desegregation and voting rights.
Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem by
An excellent case study of a community of black Muslims from West Africa who would settle in Harlem, New York, and continue to transform the black Muslim community in the United States. Abdullah examines an enclave of black Muslims from West Africa known to local residents as “Little Africa."
Black Pilgrimage to Islam by
An overview primarily devoted to contemporary mainstream Sunni Islam among African Americans based on hundreds of interviews. This study offers evidence of an Islamic presence among African Americans by exploring one of the oldest Muslim communities based in Cleveland, Ohio. Its founder and patriarch had been active in Islam since the early 20th century.
Islam and the Blackamerican: Looking Toward the Third Resurrection (Online) by
Argues that Muslim tradition itself contains the resources to reconcile blackness, American-ness, and adherence to Islam.
The Princess and the Prophet: The Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America by
Shows why thousands of Americans were enthralled by the Islamic Orient, and why some came to see Islam as a global antiracist movement uniquely suited to people of African descent in an era of European imperialism, Jim Crow segregation, and officially sanctioned racism.
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by
Illuminates how African Muslims drew on Islam while enslaved, and how their faith ultimately played a role in the African Disapora.
Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism (Online) by
Explores how jazz helped propel the rise of African American Islam during the era of global Black liberation.
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