Islam in Black America : identity, liberation, and difference in African-American Islamic thought / Edward E. Curtis IV.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Edward E., IV, 1970-
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, 2002.
Subjects:
African American Muslims > History.
Black Muslims > History.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans > Race identity.
Physical Description:x, 174 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) and the paradox of Islam
  • Nobel Drew Ali (1886-1929) and the establishment of Black Particularistic Islam
  • Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) and the absolutism of Black Particularistic Islam
  • Islamic universalism, Black particularism, and the dual identity of Malcom X (1925-1965)
  • Wallace D. Muhammad (b. 1933), Sunni Islamic reform, and the continuing problem of particularism
  • Toward an Islam for one people and many.