Black Muslims and the Law - Civil Liberties from Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali (Hardcover)

Black Muslims and the Law: Civil Liberties From Elijah Muhammad to Muhammad Ali examines the Nation of Islam's quest for civil liberties as what might arguably be called the inaugural and first sustained challenge to the suppression of religious freedom in African American legal history. Borrowing insights from A. Leon Higgonbotham Jr.'s classic works on American slavery jurisprudence, Black Muslims and the Law reveals the Nation of Islam's strategic efforts to engage governmental officials from a position of power, and suggests the federal executive, congressmen, judges, lawyers, law enforcement officials, prison administrators, state governments, and African American civic leaders held a common understanding of what it meant to be and not to be African American and religious in the period between World War II and the Vietnam War. The work raises basic questions about the rights of African descended people to define god, question white moral authority, and critique the moral legitimacy of American war efforts according to their own beliefs and standards.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Critical Africana Studies
Release date:	February 2015
Authors:	Malachi D. Crawford
Dimensions:	237 x 158 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-0-7391-8488-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Islamic studies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > Religious freedom Promotions
LSN:	0-7391-8488-1
Barcode:	9780739184882

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