Malcolm X.

This dissertation examines the cultural practices of the 2018 Malcolm X Festival, hosted by the Pan-African Connection: Bookstore, Art Gallery, and Resource Center on May 19, 2018. Analyzing literacy practices, rhetorical theory, and visual rhetoric, this dissertation project ex…

The adoption of the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard by Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam has been treated in the press with a mixture of scorn and incredulity. But members of the Nation of Islam have made tremendous personal sacrifices (and the Church of Scientology has cut st…

The Nation of Islam's relationship to Islam has followed a unique path from its inception as a black separatist movement to its integration into the worldwide Islamic community, as well as into its own American community. The pilgrimage has not been an easy one, but it follows t…