The life and times of Elijah Muhammad /
Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975), born Elijah Poole, dreamed of living a better life than his slave ancestors. However, by the time he arrived in Detroit in 1923, the bitter hatred and lynchings of the South had become a part of his consciousness, and the urban poverty and rank discrimination he encounte...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | University of North Carolina Press edition. |
| Series: | UNC Press law publications.
Religion and the law. Spinelli's law library reference shelf. Civil rights and social justice. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975), born Elijah Poole, dreamed of living a better life than his slave ancestors. However, by the time he arrived in Detroit in 1923, the bitter hatred and lynchings of the South had become a part of his consciousness, and the urban poverty and rank discrimination he encountered in the North further ignited his ire and indignation. In An Original Man, historian Claude Clegg reveals the motivations of this charismatic preacher whose life has been ignored for decades by scholars and biographers. With access to previously classified F.B.I. documents and the opportunity to interview two of Elijah Muhammad's surviving sons and members of the Poole clan in Georgia, Clegg demonstrates that Elijah Muhammad was indeed one of the most influential African-Americans of this century. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published as An original man: the life and times of Elijah Muhammad by St. Martin's Press in 1997."--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 377 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-366) and index. |