Black arts, black Muslims : Islam in the Black freedom struggle / Ellen McLarney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McLarney, Ellen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Arts movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Columbia: Columbia University Press (Lightning Source), 2026.

Summary:

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, prominent figures in the Black Arts Movement (BAM) converted to Islam and took new names. Poets such as Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Askia Muhammad Touré, and Marvin X incorporated Islamic words and expressions, references to the Qur’an, and Arabic script, as well as symbols like the crescent star and depictions of Islamic architecture and clothing. They connected places like Harlem, Chicago, Newark, and Oakland to locales in the Muslim world such as Timbuktu, Songhai, and Mecca. These artists also played a pivotal role in developing Black studies and creating alternatives to the Eurocentrism of the American educational system.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prelude. al-Atlal: Poetic Tracings of the Past

Constant Conscious Striving: Jihad of the Pen and the Black Arts Movement

Nation in a Nation in a Nation: The Islamic Counterpublic and the Black Arts

Science's Fictions: Yakub and the Black Arts

Music in the Message: Malcolm X's Gospel Truth

Flame Feeding Flame: The Literary Malcolm X

Fly to Allah: Marvin X's Fugitive Life and Black Study

The Barakas in New Ark: The Homeplace of Black Art

blk/visions for blk/lives: Sonia Sanchez's Rebirth in Islam

Coda. 360° of Islamic Audiovisualities: Revolution and Evolution

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780231565509