
The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad
Claude Andrew Clegg III(Author)
The University of North Carolina Press
Published on 2. September 2014
Book
Hardback
400 pages
978-1-4696-1805-0 (ISBN)
Description
Elijah Muhammad was one of the most significant and controversial black leaders of the twentieth century. His followers called him the Messenger of Allah, while his critics labeled him a teacher of hate. Southern by birth, Muhammad moved north, eventually serving as the influential head of the Nation of Islam for over forty years. Claude Clegg III not only chronicles Muhammad's life, but also examines the history of American black nationalists and the relationship between Islam and the African American experience.
In this authoritative biography, which also covers half a century of the evolution of the Nation of Islam, Clegg charts Muhammad's early life, his brush with Jim Crow in the South, his rise to leadership of the Nation of Islam, and his tumultuous relationship with Malcolm X. Clegg is the first biographer to weave together speeches and published works by Muhammad, as well as delving into declassified government documents, insider accounts, audio and video records, and interviews, producing the definitive account of an extraordinary man and his legacy.
In this authoritative biography, which also covers half a century of the evolution of the Nation of Islam, Clegg charts Muhammad's early life, his brush with Jim Crow in the South, his rise to leadership of the Nation of Islam, and his tumultuous relationship with Malcolm X. Clegg is the first biographer to weave together speeches and published works by Muhammad, as well as delving into declassified government documents, insider accounts, audio and video records, and interviews, producing the definitive account of an extraordinary man and his legacy.
Reviews / Votes
I can think of no twentieth-century leader with anything like the impact of Elijah Muhammad whose life has been so profoundly unexamined. '[Clegg] has brought Muhammad to light in a fluidly written biography rich with information, analysis and suspense." - The New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
672 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4696-1805-0 (9781469618050)
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The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad
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The University of North Carolina Press
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Claude Clegg III teaches history at Indiana University at Bloomington. He is the author of The Price of Liberty: African Americans and the Making of Liberia.