Black Nationalism: a Search for an identity in America
Date
1962
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The University of Chicago Press,
Abstract
The Negro Dilemma; The Nationalist Tradition; The Nation: Its Rise and Growth; The Way Out; The Eschatology; Organization; Recruitment and Initiation; Religious Ritual and Ceremony; Education of Muslims; Black Zionism; Pressures and Constraints; Conclusions and Trends.
Description
This book is about the phenomenon of black nationalism in the United States—the effort of thousands of American Negroes to resolve for themselves this fundamental problem of identity and to provide a context for their moral, cultural, and material advancement within the limits set by the American scene. The book describes the ideology of black nationalism, its organizations, leaders and programs, focusing on the Nation of Islam —a Muslim movement led by Elijah Muhammad. It attempts to explain not
only the behavior of tire black nationalists, but also the meaning and significance of the movement for the participants and for the society as a whole.