The Black Muslims in America / by C. Eric Lincoln.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lincoln, C. Eric (Charles Eric), 1924-2000.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Muslims--History.

Black Muslims.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 288 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdsmans Trenton, NJ Africa World Press, 1994.

Summary:

This new edition of Lincoln's classic study details the formation and development of the Black Muslim movement through its wide-ranging expressions in America today, focusing especially on Louis Farrakhan's movement as the true successor to the original Nation of Islam founded by Elijah Muhammad.

Contents:

1. The Verdict Is "Guilty" - The Sentence Is "Death" 1

The End of the Second-Class Ride 5

The Stranger in Detroit 11

Economic and Political Power 18

The Believers ... 20

... and Why They Become Believers 26

2. The Dynamics of Black Nationalism 32

Bitter Soil and Bitter Fruits 33

Group Consciousness 33

Avoidance 34

Acceptance 36

Aggression 37

Black Nationalism, U.S.A. 39

Stereotype and Identity 39

Black Nationalism 41

Black Nationalism and Social Class 44

3. Black Nationalism: The Minor Leagues 47

Religious Nationalism: The Moorish Science Temples 48

Political Nationalism: The Garvey Movement 52

Preparing the Way for Allah 61

4. The Faith and the Future 63

Doctrines and Mythology 64

The Plight of the So-Called Negroes 64

The Coming of Allah 68

The Original Man 71

The White Race and Christianity 72

Muslim Morality 76

The Goals of the Movement 79

The United Front of Black Men 79

Racial Separation 83

Economic Separation 85

Some Good Earth 90

5. Reaching for the Masses 94

The Nature of a Mass Movement 95

The Importance of Mass Membership 95

The True Believer 96

Leadership in the Mass Movement 97

The Instruments of Unification 99

The Black Muslims as a Mass Movement 102

Reaching for the Masses 102

Lures for the True Believer 104

Recruitment 106

Visit to a Mosque 110

Schools and the Center 119

Intibah, Hah! 122

Mr. Muhammad Speaks 124

6. Tensions with the Outside World 130

The Black Community 131

Individual Black Leadership 131

The Black Press 136

Institutional Black Leadership 140

The Black Churches 151

The Black Rank and File 154

The Jewish Community 159

Orthodox Islam in America 166

White America 169

7. Tensions inside the Movement 177

The Concentration of Power 179

The Long Road from Sandersville 179

Malcolm X: First Plenipotentiary 187

Near the Center 193

Trouble on the Horizon 196

The Fruit of Islam 199

The Search for Respectability 204

Violence and the Christian Tradition 204

The Race Issue 207

8. This Side of Orthodoxy 210

A Legitimate Religion? 214

A Moslem Sect? 220

The Political Implications 224

9. The Spectrum of Black Protest 228

The Persistent Problem 228

The Erosion of Faith, the Desiccation of Hope 229

Group Identification: The Corporate Response 230

Separatist Organizations 235

The Black Church 235

Black Fraternal Organizations 238

Sncc 240

The Black Party 241

Integrative Organizations 242

The Naacp 243

The Urban League 245

Antisegregation Organizations 247

The Black Muslim Movement 248

The Deeper Cause 251

Postscript: Change and Continuity, Reformation and Reconstruction 254

Islam Comes to America 254

The Black Muslims 256

Malcolm X 258

The Wallace Reformation 263

The Reconstruction of the Nation 266

Enter Farrakhan 267.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph.D., Boston University).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802807038

OCLC:

29259079