LEADER 02844nam 2200613 450 001 9910821617403321 005 20230126205337.0 010 $a1-4985-3229-2 010 $a0-7391-7654-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001266083 035 $a(EBL)1672943 035 $a(OCoLC)877049962 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001181658 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12434685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001181658 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11144221 035 $a(PQKB)11352576 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1672943 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1672943 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11025037 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL589747 035 $a(OCoLC)879912593 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001266083 100 $a20150305h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA nation can rise no higher than its women $eAfrican American Muslim women in the movement for Black self determination, 1950-1975 /$fBayyinah S. Jeffries 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cLexington Books,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-7653-6 311 $a1-306-58496-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aA 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 606 $aBlack Muslims$xSocial conditions 606 $aMuslim women$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aAfrican American women$xSocial conditions 615 0$aBlack Muslims$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aMuslim women$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aAfrican American women$xSocial conditions. 676 $a320.558 700 $aJeffries$b Bayyinah S.$01672244 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821617403321 996 $aA nation can rise no higher than its women$94035454 997 $aUNINA