Islam in the African-American Experience

Aminah Beverly McCloud, Richard B. Turner

The American Historical Review · 1998 · 129 citations · 0 references

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Introduction. What Shall We Call Him: Islam and African-American Identity I. Root Sources 1. Muslims in a Strange Land: African Muslim Slaves in America 2. Pan-Africanism and the New American Islam: Edward Wilmont Blyden and Mohammed Alexander Russell Webb II. Prophets of the City 3. The Name Means Everything: Noble Drew Ali and the Moorish Science Temple of America 4. The Ahmadiyya Mission to America: A Multi-Racial Model for American Islam 5. Missionizing and Signifying: W. D. Fard and the Early History of the Nation of Islam 6. Malcolm X and His Successors: Contemporary Significations of African-American Islam Epilogue. Commodification of Identity Notes Bibliography Index