Seeds of Awakening: The Early Nation of Islam in Philadelphia

Year
2011
Minutes
15
Film Location
Philadelphia, PA
Credits/Bios
New Africa Center, Islamic Cultural Preservation and Information Council (ICPIC)
Scribe Video Center
Jullanar Abdul-Zahir
Furquan Khaldun
W. Zein Nakhoda

The New Africa Center has produced an historically important video that documents the development and subsequent growth of the Nation of Islam in Philadelphia during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Showcasing first-hand accounts by early members of this community, Seeds of Awakening: The Early Nation of Islam in Philadelphia creates an insightful portrait of a Black nationalist social reform movement that inspired other movements for self-determination and economic development within the African American community.