Bilalian Child Development Center and the DAWAH Institute papers regarding African American Muslims (Addition 6) 2023-0100

Containers:
Box 2, Folder 8
Extent:
0.04 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

Addition 6 of MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains materials collected and produced by the Bilalian Child Development Center and the Developing a World for All Humanity (DAWAH) in Highland Park, Michigan. The Bilalian Child Development Center was incorporated as a non-profit agency in 1977 and appears to provide community services and educational services for the community. The DAWAH is an institute developed by a group of African-American Muslims in Michigan to develop an effective DAWAH program in America.

Contents include an advertising and enrollment form, two brochures for the Bilalian Center, and another for the DAWAH Institute in Highland Park. Also included are the contents of a binder for the DAWAH Institute. Separated by subject tabs, materials include handwritten notes and a typed agenda for the First National Meeting of the DAWAH Institute, an application of employment to the Institute, papers on Community Services, the A.B.C.D. Savings Program, a photocopy of a Western Union Mailgram to President Ronald Reagan, papers on the Food Co-Op & Gardening club, Home Garden booklet from the 4-H Youth Programs, Fundraising and Grantsmanship, invitations, brochures, news releases, educational programs, news clippings, and a curriculum statement.

Language:
English
Biographical / historical:

Bilalians is a name used by early African-American Muslims. It refers to Bilal, a former Black enslaved person of Muhammad. Bilal's importance as the first Muslim muezzin, his ardent support for early Islam, and his favored status under Muhammad made him an important symbol of Black honor and dignity, major themes of early African-American Islam.

The Da'wah Institute (DIN) is the research and public enlightenment department of the Islamic Education Trust (IET) which has its headquarters in Minna, and Zonal Coordinators across Nigeria and West Africa. Its mission is to "strive in the capacity building and empowerment of other Islamic organizations and individuals involved in facilitating the correct understanding of the message of Islam."

Source: Oxford University Press. Oxford Reference. Accessed 7/18/2024 https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095505567

Da'wah Institute of Nigeria Accessed 7/18/2024 https://dawahinstitute.org/dawah-institute-nigeria-din/

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MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building Addition 6, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.