When the word is given-- : a report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim world / Louis E. Lomax.

Author/Creator:

Lomax, Louis E., 1922-1970.

Publication:

New York : Published by The New American Library, 1964.

Series:

Signet book P2429.
A Signet book ; P2429

Format/Description:

Book
192 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm.

Subjects:

Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975.
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Interviews.
Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
Black Muslims.
Black Muslims.

Form/Genre:

Interviews.
Interviews.
Paperbacks (Publishing)

Place of Publication:

United States New York (State) New York (City)

Contents:

Introduction
Part One. The Coming of the Prophet. Make it plain, Mr. Minister!; From Moses to Malcolm X; The Nation of Islam; The Black Muslims and the Negro revolt
Part Two. The Prophet's Voice. Muhammad at Atlanta; Malcolm X at Harvard; Malcolm X on "unity"; Malcolm X's "university speech"; Malcolm X at Queen's College; Malcolm X at Yale
A Summing Up. Louis Lomax interviews Malcolm X.

Notes:

"A Signet Book Complete and Unabridged"--Cover.
"First Printing, February, 1964."
Originally published in hardcover by The World Publishing Company.
Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.

Local notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
Banks Collection copy has small label with name Joanna Banks pasted on front cover.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (label) (Banks Collection copy)

Penn Chronology:

1964
1963

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Other format:

Online version: Lomax, Louis E., 1922-1970. When the word is given.

OCLC:

336468

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