Ula Taylor Book Talk – “The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam”

6275 Bunche Hall 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

The patriarchal structure of the Nation of Islam (NOI) promised black women the prospect of finding a provider and a protector among the organization’s men, who were fiercely committed to these masculine roles. Black women’s experience in the NOI, however, has largely remained on the periphery of scholarship. Here, Ula Taylor documents their struggle to […]