“Finding Mecca in America weaves social theory and concrete ethnography into a significant contribution on Muslims in the United States, illuminating broader questions about the integration of minority and immigrant groups along the way. This is an important work and a joy to read.” WayImportantStatesAmericaJoySocialUnitedUnited StatesGroupsTheoryFindingsSignificantContributionMinoritiesImmigrantsConcreteIntegrationIlluminatingMeccaImportant WorkSocial TheoryEthnography Author:Eboo Patel
“This independent Negro movement is able to intervene with terrific force upon the general social and political life of the nation, despite the fact that it is waged under the banner of democratic rights ... [and] is able to exercise a powerful influence upon the revolutionary proletariat, that it has got a great contribution to make to the development of the proletariat in the United States, and that it is in itself a constituent part of the struggle for socialism.” StatesFactsAblePoliticalForceNationsSocialUnitedPowerfulUnited StatesStruggleRightsInfluenceMovementDevelopmentExerciseIndependentDemocraticSocialismDespiteRevolutionaryContributionTerrificBannerConstituentsProletariatPolitical LifeDemocratic Rights Author:C. L. R. James
“Year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries, meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country, in politics, in business, culture and sports.” YearsMadeTwoCountryStatesCulturePoliticsSportsCommunityUnitedUnited StatesEconomicEnormousOur CountryContributionBarriersExileIdeologicalCubanHardenedTwo Countries Author:Barack Obama
“I think if the United States gave anything to culture at large in the 20th century, the most important contribution made was the popular song.” IfsThinkingMadeImportantStatesSongCultureUnitedUnited StatesCenturyContribution20th CenturyPopular SongImportant Contributions Author:Linda Ronstadt