One of the first studies of the organization, life and meaning of the "Nation of Islam" and, by extension, all Black Nationalist movements, this classic work dispels the still common conception that the movement functioned primarily for political purposes. By observing the daily life of its members, Essien-Udom demonstrates that the "Nation of Islam" served primarily as a means for poor urban blacks to attain a national identity, a sense of ethnic consciousness, and empowerment in a society that denied them these privileges. Black Nationalism continues to hold profound implications for our understanding of the appeal of Black Nationalism as an ideology and a political force. "An excellent standard treatment of black nationalist belief and practice in the 50's." --Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times Book Review "This is an absorbing exercise in first class reporting...In the light of his scrupulous fairness, the book is another illustration of how the press prejudges a story. And most provocatively, Essien-Udom has emphasized that even after the current campaigns for wide-scale integration are won, there will be an even wider chasm between the 'liberated' Negro middle class and the rootless Negro poor." --Nat Hentoff,Commonweal

Black Nationalism: A Search for an Identity in America

This dissertation situates concerns of food access and nutrition at the center of United States struggles for racial justice during the long civil rights era. The persistence of widespread hunger amidst agricultural abundance created a need and an organizing opportunity that proponents of black freedom readily seized, recognizing the capacity of food to perpetuate oppression and to promote human equality. These efforts took many forms. Chapter One examines the dietary laws and food economy of Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam. Muhammad’s prohibition of pork, processed commodities, and “soul food” aimed to improve the health of black Americans while elevating them morally and spiritually. Muslim food enterprises established to provision the Black Muslim diet encouraged black industry, autonomy, and self-help by mirroring the white capitalist food system. Chapter Two analyzes the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s Food for Freedom campaign of the early 1960s. In response to local efforts to thwart voter registration by withholding federal food aid from Mississippi sharecroppers, SNCC launched a nationwide food drive. SNCC’s assessment of food security as a civil right, directly linked to the ability of the rural poor to exercise

Food for Freedom: the black freedom struggle and the politics of food

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"Those Who Say Don't Know and Those Who Know Don't Say": The Nation of Islam and the Politics of Black Nationalism, 1930-1975

.....................................................................................................2 Acknowledgments.........................................................................................3 Chapter One: Introduction..............................................................................9 1.1 Background and Historical Context: Religion in the United States............10 1.2 Researcher’s Perspective................................................................12 1.3 An Example from My Own Teaching Context....................................... 1.3.a Applying My Experience 1.4 Statement of Research Problem, and Aims of the Thesis 1.5 Conceptual Framework 1.6 Assumptions and Limitations 1.7 Conclusion 1.8 Thesis Structure Chapter Two: Review of Related Literature 2.1 The Emerging field of Interfaith Studies 2.1.a Historical Roots 2.1.b Martin Buber (1878-1965) The Space Between, I-Thou 2.1.c Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002): Transformative Dialogue 2.1.d Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995): Vulnerability and Responsibility 2.1.e Wilfred Cantwell Smith (1916-2000) Individual Experience 2.1.f Leonard Swidler (1929-present): Necessary Dialogue 2.2 Key Leaders in the Modern Interfaith Movement 2.2.a Oddbjørn Leirvik: A Relational Model for Interreligious Studies 2.2.b Eboo Patel: A Practical Model for Interfaith Action 2.3 Synthesizing Patel and Leirvik: Creating an Interfaith Pedagogy 2.4 Naming the Field: Challenges, Emerging Questions, and ‘Interreligious’ vs ‘Interfaith’ 2.5 Related Scholarship in the Field Relevant to Research 2.5.a Sheryl Kujawa-Holbrook: God Beyond Borders, and ‘Interreligious Learning’ 2.5.b Bud Heckmann and Rori Picker Neiss: InterActive Faith 2.5.c Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, and Gregory Mobley: My Neighbor’s Faith – and the Field of Literature in General 2.6 Defining Praxis for Interfaith Studies 2.7 Using Narratives to Help Define Core Competencies and Concepts For Productive Interfaith Engagement 2.7.a Eboo Patel: Appreciative Knowledge 2.7.b Narrative Imagination: Martha Nussbaum

For love of neighbor : engaging narrative as a model for interfaith pedagogy

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Beyond and Back to the Black-White Binary: Muslims and Race-Making in the United States

Women of the Nation: Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam

This paper examines Nation women's engagement and resistance in the Muhammad Speaks (MS) newspaper. MS was created as the official publication of Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI) in 1960. The paper employed women as journalists and invited contributions from women who had registered with the group. Women's contributions to the paper's production and content reveal their readings of NOI mandates but they equally illuminate a gentle resistance to aspects of the organization. Elijah Muhammad's NOI implemented gender roles for men and women within the organization that were often inflexible. Women embraced the organization's gender roles and found ways to navigate the patriarchal dimensions of the movement. This paper argues that a careful analysis of women's writings for the MS newspaper reveals facets of their activism that have been overlooked in existing scholarly studies.

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Nation Women's Engagement and Resistance in the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

This book provides a fascinating, unparalleled look at the Nation of Islam, including its history, the complexity of its views towards orthodox Muslims, women, and other minorities, and the trajectory of the group after the 1995 Million Man March * A chronology of major events in the history of the movement from its inception to present day * Sources include first-hand accounts, interviews, and archives from the FBI * Biographical sketches of the founding fathers and the organization's most influential leaders * An in-depth analysis of the roots of the Nation of Islam and its international dimensions

Dawn-Marie Gibson

Papers

Women of the Nation: Between Black Protest and Sunni Islam

Nation Women's Engagement and Resistance in the Muhammad Speaks Newspaper

A History of the Nation of Islam: Race, Islam, and the Quest for Freedom

The Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, and the Men Who Follow Him

New Perspectives on the Nation of Islam