Black Nationalism The Search for an Identity

Name: Black Nationalism The Search for an Identity
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ISBN: 9780226218533

ISBN-10: 0226218538

ISBN-13: 9780226218533

Edition: 205th 1995

Authors: E. U. Essien-Udom

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One of the first studies of the organization, life and meaning of the Nation of Islam and, by extension, all Black Nationalist movements, this classic work dispels the still common conception that the movement functioned primarily for political purposes. By observing the daily life of its members, Essien-Udom demonstrates that the Nation of Islam served primarily as a means for poor urban blacks to attain a national identity, a sense of ethnic consciousness, and empowerment in a society that denied them these privileges. Black Nationalism continues to hold profound implications for our understanding of the appeal of Black Nationalism as an ideology and a political force. "An excellent…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Edition: 205th
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English




The Negro Dilemma



The Nationalist Tradition



The Nation: Its Rise and Growth



The Way Out



The Eschatology



Organization



Recruitment and Initiation



Religious Ritual and Ceremony



Education of Muslims



Black Zionism



Pressures and Constraints



Conclusions and Trends


Appendixes


Bibliography


Index