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American Muslims: A History Revealed
Fighting for Freedom: The Little-Known Story of Muslims and the Civil War
Season 1
Episode 13
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.
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Discovers how Muslim groups helped working-class Black Americans resist the confines of race.
24:45
A federal immigration file shows how early border laws shaped the Muslim experience in the U.S.
24:43
Host Aymann Ismail explores how Muslims shaped the imagination of America’s founding generation.
24:45
A photograph reveals the rise of Black Muslim life in northern cities during the Great Migration.
23:39
Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of early South Asian migration.
24:45
A Lebanese homesteader recalls the building of one of the first mosques on the Great Plains.
24:45
A Civil War pension file reveals the story of a Muslim man who fought for the Union.
23:19
Who was Mamadou Yarrow, and how did he make his way into this painting in his journey to freedom?
24:45
How Islam figured in debates about religious freedom and citizenship in the early Republic.
22:01
How Muslim homesteaders constructed one of the first purpose-built mosques in the country.
24:44
A 1819 portrait of a formerly enslaved man reveals the presence of Muslims at the nation’s founding.