Malachi D. Crawford

Black Muslims and the Law

Civil Liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Africana Studies
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 426g
• ISBN-13: 9780739184882
• ISBN-10: 0739184881
• Artikelnr.: 41846903

Autorenporträt

Malachi D. Crawford is assistant director and adjunct professor of African American studies at the University of Houston.

Inhaltsangabe

TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...........................................................................iii
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................000
Chapter 1.LAW, RELIGION AND THE RISE OF THE
NOI.....................................000 2.FIGHTING IN THE COURTS: EARLY
NOI LEGAL DEFENSE...................000 3.WOMEN, DOMESTIC WORK AND SOCIAL
LEGITIMACY IN THE EARLY
NOI.........................................................................000
4.THE INTERWAR PERIOD,
1942-1957.................................................000 5.A PRISON
MOVEMENT FOR LEGAL LEGITIMACY...............................000 6.THE NOI'S
PRESS FOR SOCIAL LEGITIMACY.....................................000 7.CLEAR
VICTORIES AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES..............................000
CONCLUSION.........................................................................................000
NOTES...................................................................................................000
BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................................................000