Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Restoration of Dignity: The Rise of Black Nationalism 11
7. 2. The Crescent of the Occident: Islam in Black America prior to 1930 31
8. 3. The Genesis of the Nation of Islam 47
9. 4. Forces of Evil 69
10. 5. The Fall of the Nation 99
11. 6. The Resurrection of the Nation of Islam 119
12. 7. A Nation of Gods: The Creed of Black Islam 144
13. 8. The Sun of Islam Will Rise in the West 187
14. 9. Strained Seeds of Abraham: Is the NOI an Anti-Christian, Anti-Semitic Nazi Cult? 232
15. 10. A Divine Nation in a Decaying World 285
16. Notes 351
17. Bibliography 433
18. Index 471