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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dorman, Jacob S., 1974- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Black Muslims.
African Americans > Religion.
Amusements > United States > History.
Amusements.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
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
Contents:
  • Introduction: organic mosaics
  • Old Kentucky
  • Oriental magic
  • Muslim masons
  • Imperial inferno
  • Hindoo magic
  • White tops
  • Death dance
  • Professor Drew
  • Chicago rackets
  • Black Mecca
  • Power brokers
  • Moorish science
  • Machine politics
  • Moorish factions
  • Chicago justice
  • Epilogue: the bridge.