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Title The princess and the prophet : the secret history of magic, race, and Moorish Muslims in America / Jacob S. Dorman.
Author Dorman, Jacob S., 1974- author.
Publisher Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]
Copyright ©2020
Description 311 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary "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".
Subject Black Muslims.
African Americans -- Religion.
Amusements -- United States -- History.
Other title Secret history of magic, race, and Moorish Muslims in America
ISBN 9780807067260