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CALL FOR PAPERS

W.D. FARD: MAN, MYTH, AND MYSTERY

Edited by Dr. John Andrew Morrow

Academics, scholars, professors, and researchers are invited to submit studies on the following and related topics for consideration for publication in a new work delving into the identity and ideology of W.D. Fard, the founder of the Nation of Islam. We are looking for anything and everything related to W.D. Fard.

- W.D. Fard and the First Nations / The Native American connection
- Previously unpublished letters, family stories, and photographs of W.D. Fard
- Photographs of Fred the Turk and his tamale wagon in Salem, Oregon
- Documents pertaining to Fard from Hamaas ‘Abdul-Khaalis
- What happened to Eugan Ali, Sally Ali, Robert Harris, Abdul Mohammed, and others?
- W.D. Fard and the Hong Kong connection
- W.D. Fard and Satokata Takahashi
- Satokata Takahashi in Japanese sources
- W.D. Fard and David N. McInturff
- W.D. Fard and Carmen Treviño
- W.D. Fard and Laura Swanson
- W.D. Fard and Pearl Allen
- W.D. Fard and Hazel Barton
- W.D. Fard and John Muhammad
- W.D. Fard and Ishmael Sammsan
- W.D. Fard and Joseph Rutherford
- W.D. Fard and Frank Norris
- W.D. Fard and the Theosophic Society
- W.D. Fard and the Jehovah’s Witnesses
- W.D. Fard and the Nazi connection
- W.D. Fard and the Wobblies
- W.D. Fard as a foreign agent of Turkey, Germany, and Japan
- W.D. Fard, anti-Semitism, white supremacy, and segregationists
- W.D. Fard and the Ahmadiyya
- W.D. Fard and the Khan brothers. Were they really related?
- W.D. Fard and the Maoris
- W.D. Fard in the Arabic press from Detroit
- W.D. Fard in Mexican immigration records, civil records, death indexes, and graves
- W.D. Fard in Spanish language newspapers
- W.D. Fard and Freemasonry
- W.D. Fard and the Ghadar movement
- W.D. Fard and his Nation of Islam
- Stonewalling of Fard documents from the NOI and others
- A history of Fard’s photographs, challenges and denials
- The 1934 Final Call newspaper (4 issues in total)
- George Farr in UNIA files in Jamaica
- New theories and evidence regarding W.D. Fard’s national origin
- W.D. Fard’s stay at San Quentin
- Previously unpublished newspaper reports regarding W.D. Fard from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and elsewhere
- Results of new FOIA requests regarding W.D. Fard
- DNA results of Wallace Max Ford
- Edward Donaldson and W.D. Fard
- Identifying new literary influences on W.D. Fard
- W.D. Fard documents that belonged to the family of John and Burnsteen Sharrieff Mohammed
- Corrections to previous scholarship and theories
- Did W.D. Fard die in Australia?
- Farrakhan’s national and international quest for Fard: the findings that were never revealed
- Reported Sightings of W.D. Fard: John Shamsideen (1919-2005) and other claimants
- Any other topic approved by the editor

Deadline: July 4th, 2025

Requirements

Contributors should be well-established academics with doctoral degrees who hold positions as professors in academia. Researchers with master’s degrees are also invited to contribute. Journalists and writers with bachelor’s degrees will be considered on a case-by-case basis. All studies must revolve around W.D. Fard.

Submissions

Manuscripts can be submitted at any time before the deadline. For planned papers, a title and short abstract should be sent to the editor for approval. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Studies that are accepted will be published in the book in 2026. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). We are only interested in new findings; nothing regurgitated or recycled. Each study must advance scholarship in the field. All studies must follow the MLA format.

Contact

Dr. John Andrew Morrow, Professor of Foreign Languages: johnandrewmorrow@gmail.com