In this episode Dr. Fatimah Fanusie shares her personal journey growing up in an African-American Muslim family and the history of African-American Islam. She discusses the origins of the Nation of Islam and its role in giving a new identity to African-Americans. The conversation also touches on the relationship between jazz musicians and Islam

Show notes:

• The Black Muslims in America by C. Eric Lincoln
• Soundtrack to a Movement: African American Islam, Jazz, and Black Internationalism by Richard Brent Turner
• Islam in the African-American Experience by Richard Brent Turner
• “Lost Ones” by Lauryn Hill
• Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS)

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