A History of the Nation of Islam : Race, Islam, and the Quest for Freedom

A History of the Nation of Islam : Race, Islam, and the Quest for Freedom

Approximately 1500 words / 6 double-spaced pages

Your paper should have (at least) these parts

● Introduction (outline and briefly describe your paper)

● Describe the context that the movement (art/philosophy/religion/literature) is

responding to or coming from

● Describe the movement itself

● Describe the lasting impact of the movement

You will need to access the library’s resources. https://library.baruch.cuny.edu/ Please use at

least two resources from the library. The Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History is what we

use for class. That’s a good resource that you can use. When you cite a resource, put the

reference in parentheses with last name and page number. Eg.: (McNeil, 335). Include a

bibliography at the end of your paper

topic : Nation of Islam begins in the 20th c. in response to the struggles of (mostly) African

Americans

○ Gibson, Dawn-Marie. A History of the Nation of Islam : Race, Islam, and the Quest for Freedom, ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2012.