The Black Muslims in America; 3rd edition

The Black Muslims in America is a comprehensive and insightful study of the little-understood Black Muslim movement in America.

This third edition provides an updated and enriched knowledge of the movement, including a new foreword, preface, and postscript that offer fresh perspectives on the development and evolution of the Nation of Islam since the death of its formative leader, Elijah Muhammad.

The book offers a concise introduction to Islam for Americans whose knowledge of religion is limited primarily to Judeo-Christianity, while also detailing the formation and development of the Black Muslim movement through its wide-ranging expressions in America today.

Highlights include the public career of Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad's famous spokesperson turned cultural icon, and an extensive postscript that outlines the course of the Nation of Islam since 1975.

With recent media events and unsettling national events providing a timely update, this book offers both fascinating reading and challenging reflection on an American religious group still shaping its destiny and that of the nation.