| Description |
xvi, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-358) and index. |
| Contents |
Black nationalist religion before the nation -- The nation before Malcolm X -- A Garveyite son -- Early life and religious training -- Wayward youth -- Crime, imprisonment, and redemption -- Early ministry -- Evangelism and nation-building -- From Harlem to the dark world -- The making of an emissary -- Religious apologist -- Foreshadowing mecca: between cult and orthodoxy -- Fame and fury -- Banished from the nation -- The pilgrim convert -- The realities and ideals of witness -- The final year -- Religious revolutionist -- Fighting in the way of God -- Closing the book -- Epilogue: now he's gone. |
| Subject |
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
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Black Muslims -- Biography.
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African American clergy -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
0814718647 (alk. paper) |
| Dynix Control # |
600717
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