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Informationen zum Autor Malachi D. Crawford is assistant director and adjunct professor of African American studies at the University of Houston. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis TABLE OF CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...........................................................................iiiINTRODUCTION....................................................................................000Chapter1.LAW, RELIGION AND THE RISE OF THE NOI.....................................0002.FIGHTING IN THE COURTS: EARLY NOI LEGAL DEFENSE...................0003.WOMEN, DOMESTIC WORK AND SOCIAL LEGITIMACY IN THE EARLY NOI.........................................................................0004.THE INTERWAR PERIOD, 1942-1957.................................................0005.A PRISON MOVEMENT FOR LEGAL LEGITIMACY...............................0006.THE NOI'S PRESS FOR SOCIAL LEGITIMACY.....................................0007.CLEAR VICTORIES AND MISSED OPPORTUNITIES..............................000CONCLUSION.........................................................................................000NOTES...................................................................................................000BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................................................000...

Product details

• Authors: Malachi D. Crawford, Crawford Malachi D.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2015
• EAN: 9780739184882
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8488-2
• Series: Critical Africana Studies; Critical Africana Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Islamic Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Human rights, civil rights, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religious freedom / freedom of worship, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General