civil liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali /
First Statement of Responsibility
Malachi D. Crawford.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 165 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Critical Africana studies: African, African American, and Caribbean interdisciplinary and intersectional studies.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.