Although Baldwin admires many aspects of the Nation of Islam, he is also somewhat critical of their ideology. What are some of Baldwins specific...

Initially Baldwin feels remote from Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam movement simply
because he, Baldwin, does not see himself as a religious believer. Baldwin, though brought up in
a strict Christian home, has rejected organized religion as an adult, and he does not feel the
urge to convert to Islam, as many other African Americans have done.

However, Baldwin's criticisms of the Nation of Islam go further than this. He sees the
separatism of the...