The Princess and the Prophet : : the Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America
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Call Number: Black Studies 297 Do, 297 Do
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Introduction: organic mosaics -- Old Kentucky -- Oriental magic -- Muslim masons -- Imperial inferno -- Hindoo magic -- White tops -- Death dance -- Professor Drew -- Chicago rackets -- Black Mecca -- Power brokers -- Moorish science -- Machine politics -- Moorish factions -- Chicago justice -- Epilogue: the bridge.
"How the circuses, dance halls, and midways of the Gilded Age provided the cultural ferment and freedom that led to the creation of the Black Muslim movement in America"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
Year Published: 2020
Description: 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807067260
0807067261
SUBJECTS
Black Muslims.
African Americans -- Religion.
Amusements -- United States -- History.