The Princess and the Prophet: The Secret History of Magic, Race, and Moorish Muslims in America (2020)

by Jacob S. Dorman

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"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"--

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Newark, New Jersey, USA

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Moorish Science Temple of America

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