The Messenger
The Rise and Fall of Elijah Muhammad
$49.53
- Paperback
704 pages
- Release Date
15 January 2001
Summary
Drawn from recently declassified FBI files, and interviews with family members and former apostles, The Messenger renders a daring portrait of one of African-American history’s most controversial leaders.
In this explosive biography, investigative journalist Karl Evanzz recounts the multidimensional life of a semiliterate refugee from the Jim Crow South who became the influential founder of the Nation of Islam. Considered the “Prophet” by his followers and a threat to national securit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679774068 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679774068 |
| Author: | Karl Evanzz |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 704 |
| Release Date: | 15 January 2001 |
| Weight: | 573g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 133mm x 40mm |
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“Evanzz is a stellar researcher, and no one interested in understanding black America’or in critiquing it’can skip this book.”?Salon
“Evanzz is a stellar researcher, and no one interested in understanding black America?or in critiquing it?can skip this book.”?Salon
About The Author
Karl Evanzz
Karl Evanzz is an on-line editor at the Washington Post. He has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, MSNBC, and Tony Brown’s Black Journal as an authority on the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. He is the author of The Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X. He lives in suburban Washington, D.C.
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