| A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Movement for Black Self-Determination, 1950-1975 Contributor(s): Jeffries, Bayyinah S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0739176536 ISBN-13: 9780739176535 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $126.72 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Religion | Islam - History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: 320.558 |
| LCCN: 2013050224 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Movement for Black Self Determination, 1950-1975 challenges traditional notions and interpretations of African American, particularly women who joined the Original Nation of Islam during the Civil Rights-Black Power era. This book is the first major investigation of the subject that engages a wide scope of women from "The Nation" and utilizes a wealth of primary documents and personal interviews to reveal the importance of women in this community. Jeffries reveals that women were respected in the movement and maintained a very clear and often sought after voice in the advancement of the Original Nation of Islam. A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women replaces the typical portrait of the subservient and irrelevant African American Muslim woman with a far more accurate picture of their integral leadership and substantial contributions to the rise of Islam and black consciousness in the self-determination movement in the United States and beyond during the Civil Rights-Black Power era. |