The princess and the prophet : the secret history of magic, race, and Moorish Muslims in America / Jacob S. Dorman.
"How the circuses, dance halls, and midways of the Gilded Age provided the cultural ferment and freedom that led to the creation of the Black Muslim movement in America"-- Dorman tells the story of the Black Broadway performer who discovered in Islam a greater measure of freedom and dignity, and a r...
Main Author: | Dorman, Jacob S., 1974- (Author) |
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Language: | English |
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Boston :
Beacon Press,
[2020]
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Physical Description: | 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Variant Title: |
Secret history of magic, race, and Moorish Muslims in America |
Format: | Book |