Walker, Dennis.

Islam and the search for African-American nationhood : Elijah Muhammad, Louis Farrakhan, and the Nation Of Islam / by Dennis Walker. - Atlanta : Clarity Press, c2005. - 597 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Nation of Islam and its successors after 1975 : from millenarian protest to transcontinental relationships -- African Islam in the evolution of the African-American nation : formation and development of America's multi-ethnic society -- The difficult rebirth of Islam among African-Americans, 1900-1950 -- The heyday of Elijah : his articulation of ideology in the 1960s and 1970s -- Elijah Muhammad's Muslims in a changing America -- The rise of Farrakhan in Elijah's Noi -- Farrakhan's changing post-1990 nation of Islam.

0932863442 (alk. paper) 9780932863447 (alk. paper)


Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975.
Farrakhan, Louis.


Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)


African American Muslims--History.
African Americans--Religion--History.


United States--Race relations--History.

BP221 / .W28 2005

297.8/7/09 / WAL 2005