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American Muslims: A History Revealed

2024 - 2025 1 season 6 eps

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22 min

S1 · E1 Oct 17, 2024

Is This One of America’s First Mosques? Episode 1

How Muslim homesteaders constructed one of the first purpose-built mosques in the country.

23 min

S1 · E2 Nov 4, 2024

From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims Episode 2

Even before the United States was founded, tens of thousands of Muslims were already here, captured in West Africa, and brought to colonial America in chains. Host Asma Khalid tells the surprising story of one of these people, a Muslim man named Mamadou Yarrow, who, after 45 years of enslavement and negotiated his way to freedom.

22 min

S1 · E3 Nov 21, 2024

Fighting for Freedom: The Little-Known Story of Muslims and the Civil War Episode 3

Malika Bilal (Senior Presenter., Al Jazeera English) tells the recently discovered story of Muhammad Kahn, an immigrant from Afghanistan who traveled to the United States in 1861, fought in the Union Army, and left behind a 200-page pension file documenting his experiences. While piecing Kahn’s story together, Malika also discovers the stories of other Muslims involved in the conflict.

24 min

S1 · E4 Dec 12, 2024

How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s Episode 4

Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of Mir Dad, a Muslim man from South Asia who came to the U.S. in 1917 and married a Mexican-American woman on the California-Arizona border in the early years of the 20th century.

25 min

S1 · E5 Dec 19, 2024

How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders 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.

24 min

S1 · E6 Jan 9, 2025

How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago Episode 6

In this film, host Malika Bilal (Senior Presenter, Al Jazeera English) tells the story of these early Black American Muslim communities through a woman named Florence Watts, who moved to the bustling South Side of Chicago around 1910, where she found work as a cook and a maid.

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American Muslims: A History Revealed is a series of six short documentary films that reveal and explore the early history of Muslims in America. The series is hosted by three leading American Muslim journalists: Malika Bilal, Aymann Ismail, and Asma Khalid. Over the course of the series, they travel the country to piece together stories spanning over 200 years.

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Total runtime 2h 18m · Episode length 23 min · Country United States

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Premiered

October 17, 2024

Final episode

January 9, 2025

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Ended

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PBS

Country

United States

Episode length

23 min

Total runtime

2h 18m

Original language

English

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American Muslims: A History Revealed

Season 1

Is This One of America’s First Mosques? Episode 1

From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims Episode 2

Fighting for Freedom: The Little-Known Story of Muslims and the Civil War Episode 3

How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s Episode 4

How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders Episode 5

How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago Episode 6

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American Muslims: A History Revealed

Season 1

Is This One of America’s First Mosques? Episode 1

From Slavery to Freedom: The Untold Story of America's First Muslims Episode 2

Fighting for Freedom: The Little-Known Story of Muslims and the Civil War Episode 3

How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s Episode 4

How Muslims Influenced Thomas Jefferson and America’s Founders Episode 5

How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago Episode 6

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