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. This classic work dispels the still common conception that the movement functioned…
Author: E. U. Essien-Udom · Original publisher: University of Chicago Press
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