Zaheer Ali Leads PBS Series Unveiling the Rich History of Muslims in America

Hutchins Institute for Social Justice Executive Director Zaheer Ali is executive producer of a six-part PBS documentary film series exploring the deep history of Muslims in America through the stories of six individuals: immigrants, native-born converts and those who were brought against their will.

“You can’t tell the story of America without the story of Black people,” said oral historian Zaheer Ali, who is an executive producer of the series. “And you can’t tell the story of Muslims in America without the story of African American Muslims,” including enslaved Africans and converts to the Nation of Islam, Fard Muhammad’s Islamic and Black nationalist movement founded in Detroit in 1930. Read more from Ali in this article about the series by Religion News Service, and tune in to the full series on PBS Digital this month.

The first episode of “American Muslims: A History Revealed” aired on PBS Digital Oct. 17, with a new episode dropping every second Thursday. Learn more about it and the additional educational materials and outreach programs being developed here.

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