Black Muslims in 1930s Pittsburgh turned to Majid for guidance and Africa repatriation hopes

Evidence

A 1935 letter addressed the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, an event that was closely watched in black America, and speculated that in the future, African Americans would “return back to our homeland Africa,” where they would establish a colony. Several followers also lamented the lack of replies to their correspondence. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 383

Categorization

• XREF: The Ethiopia-occupation interest and Africa-repatriation speculation echoes Marcus Garvey’s back-to-Africa program and connects to the reader’s project on how Muslim communities were tied into Black nationalist politics.