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 teenager growing up in South King County, Olow attended classes in the Kent and Auburn school districts.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 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
Rock ’n’ roll tropes are fresh again when viewed through the lens of total outsiders — brown and Black Muslim girls raised on the outskirts of London.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2021
After moving to Chicago in the 1940s, he doubled as a musician and a street preacher, delivering sermons and pamphlets alongside Black Muslim converts and Christian evangelists.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2020
Icicles hung from the collapsed roof of the fire-mined building that had housed Black Muslim Mosque Number 7.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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