Atlantic Crescent: Building Geographies of Black and Muslim Liberation in the African Diaspora

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Alaina M. Morgan

Atlantic Crescent

Building Geographies of Black and Muslim Liberation in the African Diaspora

Alaina M. Morgan

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The University of North Carolina Press
29 July 2025

General & world history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Islam; Ethnic studies; Black & Asian studies

In the period between the twentieth century's two world wars, Black and Muslim people from the United States, South Asia, and the Caribbean collided across an expansive diasporic geography. As these people and their ideas came into contact, they reignited the practice of Islam among people of African descent living in the United States and the Anglophone Caribbean and prompted them to adopt new understandings of their place in the world. As the freedom dreams of these diasporic communities met the realities and limitations of colonialism and race in the Atlantic world, Islam presented new strategies for combatting oppression and introduced new allies in the struggle. Envisioning the geography and significance of this encounter within what she calls the Atlantic Crescent, Alaina M. Morgan draws on an expansive archive to show how Black and Muslim people imagined, understood, and acted on their religious and racial identities. Morgan reveals how her subjects' overlapping diasporic encounters with Islam led to varied local adaptation as well as common ground to pursue liberation from racial subjugation and white supremacy.

By: Alaina M. Morgan
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 25mm, Spine: 155mm
ISBN: 9781469688718
ISBN 10: 1469688719
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Alaina M. Morgan is assistant professor of history at the University of South California.