عنوان

Black Islamic Evangelization in the American South

Number

TL49894

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Black Islamic Evangelization in the American South

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Chester Warren Cornell

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

White, Calvin

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Arkansas

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

126

Text of Note

Committee members: Chappell, David; Gigantino, Jim

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-92712-2

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

History

Body granting the degree

University of Arkansas

Text preceding or following the note

2018

Text of Note

Broadly speaking, my research focus is on African American religion, with particular interest in the various manifestations of black Islam in the United States. I am particularly interested in the question "Has religion served as an opiate or stimulant for black political protest?" And my research attempts to answer it by chronicling the experiences of black Muslims in southern prisons. My dissertation builds on Michelle Alexander's groundbreaking book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (2010). Alexander argues that African Americans were not over-represented in America's prisons in the 1970s, but with President Reagan's War on Drugs initiative in the early 1980s, black incarceration exploded. America's black urban poor became the targets of government laws that meted out harsh penalties for crack possession. As a result, the criminal justice system became a new tool of white social control of black Americans, replacing the old system of Jim Crow segregation. Now, America's prisons are the institutions depriving large numbers of African and Hispanic Americans of their democratic rights, even after they are released. If our prison system is a breeding ground for perpetuating white dominance, a new Jim Crow, then ultimately I ask if religion plays a vital role in motivating black communities to protest and demand reforms.

African American Studies; Religious history; Islamic Studies

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Alexander, Michelle;War on drugs

Gharabaghi, Hadi Parandeh

White, Calvin

Subdivision

History

University of Arkansas

Call Number

2042580662; 10814142

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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