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Garveyism as a Religious Movement: The Institutionalization of a Black Civil Religion
Contributor(s): Burkett, Randall K. (Author)
ISBN: 0810811634     ISBN-13: 9780810811638
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
OUR PRICE:   $130.68  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: April 1987
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Annotation: Examines the religious dimensions of an early twentieth century black power movement, the universal Negro Improvement Association, and its founder, Marcus Garvey.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science
- Poetry
- History | United States - 20th Century
Dewey: 261.834
LCCN: 78015728
Series: ATLA Monograph
Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.62" W x 8.78" (0.95 lbs) 242 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
 
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Publisher Description:
Examines the religious dimensions of an early twentieth century black power movement, the universal Negro Improvement Association, whose founder, Marcus Garvey, is here regarded as a religious thinker self-consciously endeavoring to construct their historical experience as a people.