Black Muslim
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Black Muslim
An Americanism dating back to 1955–60
Example Sentences
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As a Black Muslim woman, Adasha Turner said it was touching to hear personal stories of Shabazz’s life.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
He underwent a jailhouse conversion to Islam, and became Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, a guiding force of an insular Black Muslim community.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2023
Although the gaps in admission rates may not seem huge—the biggest was 9.13 percentage points between white non-Muslim applicants and Black Muslim ones—their translation into real numbers and real people is substantial, Ryo says.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 15, 2022
The supervisors noted that these issues aren’t limited to Indigenous families but extend to Black, Muslim and Asian American Pacific Islander communities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
He said things suggesting that he might never be returned to his former Black Muslim post, and he now began to say things quietly critical of Elijah Muhammad.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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