the whites in America and the successful emergence of the black African from under the rule of white Europeans (Wholstetter 8).
Moreover, it does not take much of an imagination for American blacks to note that the first world is overwhelmingly white, and the third world overwhelmingly habitated by people of color. As Clarke states in "The New Afro-American Nationalism"
there can be no understanding of the people of African origin in the United States until there is a better understanding, and more respect for, their African background. The culture of a people is the fuel that feeds the fires of their ambition, pride and self-esteem (Clarke 5).
This sense of kinship with the third world and with blacks in Africa leads many black men to experiment with African traditions and theologies, and this in turn makes them more receptive to cultural movements like the Black Muslim Movement.
Although the Black Muslim Movement is thought to be a recent phenomenon, the movement had its roots in the African slave trade. It is a historical fact that the We
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