American Muslims: A History Revealed
A Mosque on the Prairies
A Lebanese homesteader recalls the building of one of the first mosques on the Great Plains.
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American Muslims: A History Revealed
A New Hope for Freedom
A photograph reveals the rise of Black Muslim life in northern cities during the Great Migration.
American Muslims: A History Revealed
A Muslim in the Civil War
A Civil War pension file reveals the story of a Muslim man who fought for the Union.
American Muslims: A History Revealed
A Portrait of Freedom
A 1819 portrait of a formerly enslaved man reveals the presence of Muslims at the nation’s founding.
American Muslims: A History Revealed
Islam at the Nation’s Founding
How Islam figured in debates about religious freedom and citizenship in the early Republic.