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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821617403321

Autore

Jeffries Bayyinah S.

Titolo

A nation can rise no higher than its women : African American Muslim women in the movement for Black self determination, 1950-1975 / / Bayyinah S. Jeffries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4985-3229-2

0-7391-7654-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

320.558

Soggetti

Black Muslims - Social conditions

Muslim women - United States - Social conditions

African American women - Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Upon the Education of Its People Rests the Fate of a Nation; 2 African American Muslim Women in the Nation of Islam Movement; 3 "Raising Her Voice"; 4 African American Activism; 5 Crossing Borders; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Nation of Islam, 1950-1975 challenges traditional interpretations of African American women who joined the Original Nation of Islam during the Civil Right-Black Power era. Using a wealth of academic research and firsthand accounts, Jeffries thoroughly debunks the popular opinion that women were not influential in the Nation of Islam, revealing instead that they were heralded in the movement. Women provided a clear, and often sought after voice in the advancement of not only the Nation, but the rise of Black pride