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Blacks Jews: the religious challenge or politics versus religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Ulysses Santamaria
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Amongst the many religious groups to be found in the United States, one is remarkable and very little known : the Black Hebrews. This group shares structural characteristics common to many minorities, but is also distinguished by a dual identity derived from the experience of slavery and the cultural mix specific to the New World.

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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , November 1987 , pp. 217 - 240
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Copyright © Archives Européenes de Sociology 1987

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