Description
In the early decades of the 20th century, a North Carolinian named Timothy Drew established a political and religious organization known today as the Moorish Science Temple of America Inc (M.S.T.A.). Later referred to as Prophet Noble Drew Ali, he would teach the so-called Negro (Black) public of the 1910s and 20s that they were specifically Moors, and that they needed to publicly declare their Moorish nationality and Islamic faith. Drew Ali insisted upon the designation of Moor, while relatively few of his contemporaries understood or appreciated the logic of placing such emphasis upon a Moorish nationality. With the exception of Shakespeares fictional Othello, few mainstream Americans knew anything of consequence concerning Moors in any Western society. But before his passing in 1929, Alis Moorish Science Temples would expose Negro Americans to historical information connecting them to a Moorish identity. Using primarily a historical methodology and drawing directly from M.S.T.A. literature, this work explores the key postulates of the Moorish Science Temple
Author: Josi V. Pimienta-Bey
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: 1st Book Library
Published: 05/15/2002
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.12h x 5.96w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780759686151
Language: English
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