Research Catalog
Moorish Science research collection.
- Title
- Moorish Science research collection.
- Author
- Bey, Allan Ahmed
- Publication
- 1789-2007.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding aid
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 827 box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | box 2 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 827 box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Moorish Science Temple of America.
- Description
- 0.67 linear feet (2 boxes)
- Summary
- This collection consists of materials collected by Allen Ahmed Bey for his research on the Moorish Science Temple in the United States. Included in the collection are legal briefs on the status of Moorish Nation Nationals (citizens) which contain a public declaration of national constitutional immunity. Also included are a number of documents on the history of the Moorish Nation and instructional manuals (lessons) for members.
- Moorish Science Temple of America, is an U.S. religious movement founded in Newark, N.J., in 1913 by Timothy Drew (1886–1929), known to followers as Noble Drew Ali and also as the Prophet. Drew Ali taught that all Blacks were of Moorish origins but had their Muslim identity taken away from them through slavery and racial segregation. He advocated that they should return to the Islam of their Moorish forefathers, redeeming themselves from racial oppression by reclaiming their historical spiritual heritage. He also encouraged use of the term Moor rather than Black in self-identification. Many of the group’s formal practices were derived from Muslim observances.
- Subjects
- Source (note)
- Gift of Allan Ahmed Bey, January 2010.
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Moorish Science Temple of America collection, Sc MG 435, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Processing Action (note)
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Nurah-Rosalie Jeter, May 2010.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 827
- OCLC
- 1223546721
- Author
- Bey, Allan Ahmed, compiler.
- Title
- Moorish Science research collection.
- Production
- 1789-2007.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- sheet
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Moorish Science Temple of America collection, Sc MG 435, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Processing Action
- Processing Information: Accessioned by Nurah-Rosalie Jeter, May 2010.
- Source
- Gift of Allan Ahmed Bey, January 2010.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Moorish Science Temple of America.
- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 827