Askia Muhammad |
Black Journalism Review Editor, poet, radio and television personality. Askia
Muhammad is the author of a revealing new book, which contains articles, and commentaries
he wrote over a 19-year period which appeared first in the nation’s most prestigious
media outlets. Behind Enemy Lines: The Hon.
Marcus Garvey, The Hon. Elijah Muhammad, Minister Louis Farrakhan & The Arabs in White
American Mainstream Media 1977-1995 is a must reading concerning the most misunderstood
men of the 20th Century. Finally, the sensitive subjects of Islam in America, and
America’s foremost Black Nationalists are discussed with understanding, in this book.
Featuring 11 pieces which were first featured in: The Washington
Post, USA TODAY, The Nation, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, on Christian Science
Monitor Radio, Pacifica Network News, and National Public Radio, this is a remarkable
collection of essays. |
Blair Clark, former Editor of The Nation wrote: "He
has written what many people regard as the best single piece ever written in the last
several years on the world of the Black Muslims," concerning Muhammad’s June
1977 article: "Civil War in Islamic America." Winner of the 1994 District of
Columbia Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts, and the 1993
President’s Award from the Washington Association of Black Journalists, Muhammad is
the former Editor-in-Chief of Muhammad Speaks newspaper.
A regular panelist on Howard University Television station
WHMM-TV32’s "Evening Exchange News Analysis," on Christian Science Monitor
Radio’s "Early Edition," and on C-SPAN’s "Washington
Journal."
Muhammad’s regular news column "From Capitol Hill"
appears every week in The Washington Informer, The New York Daily Challenge, City News
of Newark, NJ, and The Sacramento Observer newspapers.
Askia Muhammad is currently the Senior Correspondent
for the Final
Call Newspaper. He also was one of the journalist that accompanied the Honorable
Minister Louis Farrakhan on "The World Friendship Tour," which covered 18
African countries.
To have Askia Muhammad speak at your college,
university, conference or program, call 312.617.6690.
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