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American Muslims: A History Revealed
How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders
Season 1
Episode 5
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson owned a copy of the Qur’an? That George Washington owned enslaved people who were Muslim? And that a Muslim diplomat broke his Ramadan fast in the White House in 1805? These are some of the facts that Aymann Ismail (staff writer, Slate Magazine) discovers as he explores the role that Muslims played in the imagination of America’s founding generation.
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Discovers how Muslim groups helped working-class Black Americans resist the confines of race.
23:39
Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of early South Asian migration.
22:24
Malika Bilal tells the story of an immigrant with a 200-page pension file detailing his experiences.
23:19
Who was Mamadou Yarrow, and how did he make his way into this painting in his journey to freedom?
22:01
How Muslim homesteaders constructed one of the first purpose-built mosques in the country.