About the Author

Florence H. Levinsohn was an independent journalist who wrote widely on politics and urban affairs. Her books include Harold Washington: A Political Biography; School Desegregation: Shadow and Substance; and, most recently, Belgrade: Among the Serbs.

Reviews

Levinsohn presents a figure more complex, more understandable, and ultimately more dangerous than the sound-bite caricature. * Orange County Register *
An important addition to the body of work about Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. * Amazon.Com *
A history of the changing black experience in America which traces Farrakhan's rise to leadership and his underlying roots...essential. * Bookwatch *