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Author Crawford, Maulachi D., author

Title Black Muslims and the law : civil liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali / Malachi D. Crawford
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 165 pages)
Series Critical Africana studies
Critical Africana studies.
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, 1942-957 -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index
Notes English
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Subject Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) -- History
SUBJECT Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) fast
Subject Black Muslims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Black Muslims -- Civil rights -- United States
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021675919
ISBN 9780739184899
073918489X
9780739184899
1498511317
9781498511315