A nation can rise no higher than its women [electronic resource] : African American Muslim women in the movement for Black self determination, 1950-1975 / Bayyinah S. Jeffries.

A nation can rise no higher than its women [electronic resource] : African American Muslim women in the movement for Black self determination, 1950-1975 / Bayyinah S. Jeffries.

9780739176542 electronic book
9780739176535

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.

©2014

English

1 online resource (xii, 173 pages)

E185.61 .J44 2014eb

320.558

A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Nation of Islam, 1950-1975 challenges traditional interpretations of African American women who joined the Original Nation of Islam during the Civil Right-Black Power era. Using a wealth of academic research and firsthand accounts, Jeffries thoroughly debunks the popular opinion that women were not influential in the Nation of Islam, revealing instead that they were heralded in the movement. Women provided a clear, and often sought after voice in the advancement of not only the Nation, but the rise of Black pride.

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