02844nam 2200613 450 991082161740332120230126205337.01-4985-3229-20-7391-7654-4(CKB)2550000001266083(EBL)1672943(OCoLC)877049962(SSID)ssj0001181658(PQKBManifestationID)12434685(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181658(PQKBWorkID)11144221(PQKB)11352576(MiAaPQ)EBC1672943(Au-PeEL)EBL1672943(CaPaEBR)ebr11025037(CaONFJC)MIL589747(OCoLC)879912593(EXLCZ)99255000000126608320150305h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA nation can rise no higher than its women African American Muslim women in the movement for Black self determination, 1950-1975 /Bayyinah S. JeffriesLanham, Maryland :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (201 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7653-6 1-306-58496-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 AuthorA 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 Black MuslimsSocial conditionsMuslim womenUnited StatesSocial conditionsAfrican American womenSocial conditionsBlack MuslimsSocial conditions.Muslim womenSocial conditions.African American womenSocial conditions.320.558Jeffries Bayyinah S.1672244MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821617403321A nation can rise no higher than its women4035454UNINA