Interview w/authors Amiri Al-Hadid & Lewis V. Baldwin "Between Cross & Crescent"

Join WORDS MAKE PEOPLE on SUnday January 24, 2016 from 1-3 p.m. (EST) for an historical interview with two esteemed authors and college professors Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid and Lewis v. Baldwin, co-authors of Between Cross & Crescent a book that deeply discusses the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and El-Hajj Malik E;-Shabazz (Malcolm X).

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Historically, Christians and Muslims have had a troubled relationship. Between the Cross and Crescent successfully contrasts the lives of Malcolm X and M.L. King Jr. and mostly resolves the creative tension between those leaders' philosophies. They have written a contrapuntal biography to stress the importance of interfaith dialog and a Pan-African perspective, and to celebrate community as the highest ideal. The authors reject two common tendencies: to reduce Malcolm and Martin to "misguided, angry Muslim imam" and "gentle, harmless Christian preacher" and to treat the two men as polar opposites. 

Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin is a historian, author, and professor specializing in the history of the black churches in the United States. 

Dr. Amiri YaSin Al-Hadid, of Nashville, served as chair of Tennessee State University Faculty Senate, chair of Africana Studies and is a professor. He is active in the National Council for Black Studies, the Association for the Study of Classical African Civilizations, and the Association of Social and Behavioral Scientists.