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Tne Nation of Islam developed out of a nexus of political, cultural, and social tumult. Like any social phenomenon, it was a product of its time. Black organizations that were pro-black stuggled with reconciling their own contradictions with black self-love. The Nation of Islam was one of them. | Tne Nation of Islam developed out of a nexus of political, cultural, and social tumult. Like any social phenomenon, it was a product of its time. Black organizations that were pro-black stuggled with reconciling their own contradictions with black self-love. The Nation of Islam was one of them. | ||
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Tne Nation of Islam developed out of a nexus of political, cultural, and social tumult. Like any social phenomenon, it was a product of its time. Black organizations that were pro-black stuggled with reconciling their own contradictions with black self-love. The Nation of Islam was one of them.
The NOI was the chief inspiration and benefactor for the Black Power Movement.
To read more about the Nation of Islam, please visit: http://www.noi.org/
Source: Ogbar, Jeffrey. Black Power: Radical Politics and African American Identity. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004.
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