| Description |
xvii, 165 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Critical Africana studies: African, African American, and Caribbean interdisciplinary and intersectional studies |
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Critical Africana studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index. |
| Contents |
Law, religion and the rise of the NOI -- Fighting in the courts : early NOI legal defense -- Women, domestic work and social legitimacy in the early NOI -- The interwar period, 1942-1957 -- A prison movement for legal legitimacy -- The NOI's press for social legitimacy -- Clear victories and missed opportunities. |
| Summary |
Black Muslims and the Law examines the Nation of Islam's struggle for religious freedom from World War II to the Vietnam War through the lives of key members, such as Elijah Muhammad and Muhammad Ali. In doing so, the work reveals the key initiatives the Nation of Islam took to defend the civil liberties of its members from a position of power. |
| Subject |
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
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Black Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
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Black Muslims -- Civil rights -- United States.
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| ISBN |
9780739184882 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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0739184881 (cloth ;) (alk. paper) |
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9781498511315 |
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1498511317 |
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