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Black Muslims

noun

  1. (esp in the US) a political and religious movement of Black people who adopt the religious practices of Islam and seek to establish a new Black nation Official nameNation of Islam
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


Black Muslims

  1. A radical movement for Black Power that reached a peak of influence in the United States during the 1960s, partly under the leadership of Malcolm X . Members rejected Christianity as a religion of white people and embraced Islam . Like many other Black Muslims who took new names, the boxer Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali to join the movement.


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