[Eva]

The study of Islam may have been rare in the early seventies, but that was the time of Black power and Black Muslims, and that is what I have read on several web sites. Jeremiah Wright received a second Masters degree, the first was from Howard (I think) in English with a concentration in Black spirituals, and the second (which according Obama took six years in the seventies) was from the University of Chicago.

Indeed, the Chicago Tribune reported that Mr. Wright’s bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Howard University were in English with a focus on African spirituals. The Tribune also reports that his master degree (rather than doctorate) from the University of Chicago Divinity School was in the history of religions — with a focus on Islam.

[Biblebelter]

and Black Muslims,

Elijah Muhammed would never let anyone preach in a church associated with him who was not trained and certified in house. Muhammed Ali claimed to be a minister but whatever training to make such a claim came from inside the church of Elijah Muhammed.