Black Muslims and the Law

Civil Liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali

AvMalachi D. Crawford

Häftad, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Critical Africana Studies

675 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar. Fri frakt över 249 kr.

Fler format och utgåvor

Inbunden

1 343 kr

Beskrivning

Black Muslims and the Law: Civil Liberties From Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali examines the Nation of Islam’s quest for civil liberties as what might arguably be called the inaugural and first sustained challenge to the suppression of religious freedom in African American legal history. Borrowing insights from A. Leon Higgonbotham Jr.’s classic works on American slavery jurisprudence, Black Muslims and the Law reveals the Nation of Islam’s strategic efforts to engage governmental officials from a position of power, and suggests the federal executive, congressmen, judges, lawyers, law enforcement officials, prison administrators, state governments, and African American civic leaders held a common understanding of what it meant to be and not to be African American and religious in the period between World War II and the Vietnam War. The work raises basic questions about the rights of African descended people to define god, question white moral authority, and critique the moral legitimacy of American war efforts according to their own beliefs and standards.

Produktinformation

Utforska kategorier

Mer om författaren

Recensioner i media

Innehållsförteckning

Hoppa över listan

Mer från samma serie

Hoppa över listan

Du kanske också är intresserad av