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Genre/Form: | History History (form) |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael A Gomez |
ISBN: | 0521840953 9780521840958 0521600790 9780521600798 |
OCLC Number: | 57201874 |
Awards: | ALA Black Caucus Award, 2006 (Nonfiction) |
Description: | x, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Contents: | Ladinos, Gelofes, and Mandingas -- Caribbean crescent -- Brazilian sambas -- Muslims in New York -- Founding mothers and fathers of a different sort : African Muslims in the early North American South -- Breaking away : Noble Drew Ali and the foundations of contemporary Islam in African America -- The nation -- Malcolm. |
Responsibility: | Michael A. Gomez. |
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Abstract:
This book, first published in 2005, is a social history of the experiences of African Muslims and their descendants throughout the Americas, including the Caribbean. The record under slavery is examined, as is the post-slavery period into the twentieth century, looking at the emergence of Islam among the African-descended in the United States.
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'Michael A. Gomez has bought together a tremendous amount of interesting and useful information in Black Crescent ... Black Crescent is an important reference for scholars studying Islam among African slaves and for those studying the Moorish Science Temple and the Nation of Islam.' Ethnic and Racial Studies 'Black Crescent is a remarkable book. It is thoroughly researched, well-written and very insightful. Both academic and general readers of African American History, Atlantic History, African History, and Islamic Studies will find it an invaluable source ' History Read more...
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