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National Action Council meeting, July 5, 1964
Meeting minutes from a National Action Council meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. The purpose of the meeting was to "work out the formal organization of the NAC and certain internal problems facing the national organization."
National Action Council meeting, February 6-7, 1965
Meeting minutes from the National Action Council (NAC) meeting following James Farmer's trip to Africa in January 1965. Other NAC business discussed includes affiliation with various groups, fundraising practices, and the suspension of New York CORE.
National Action Council meeting (partial minutes)
Four pages of a seven page record of a National Action Council meeting. The papers have been damaged by water and are multicolored.
Nasir Khusraw, the ruby of Badakhshan: a portrait of the Persian poet, traveller and philosopher
This is the first comprehensive study in English of the life of Nasir Khusraw, one of the foremost poets of the Persian language and a major Ismaili thinker and writer. Celebrated for a poetry that comines art with philosophy, trusted for the details…
Narrating Muḥammad's night journey: tracing the development of the Ibn ʻAbbās ascension discourse
"This book provides an exhaustive examination of the historical development of a key story in the life of Muhammad, the tale told of his journey to the divine realm and back. It shows how in the early centuries of the Islamic community, both Sunni…
Myths to Live By
Based on thirteen lectures delivered at the Cooper Union Forum between 1958 and 1971.