Season 3 · Episode 73
Ep. 73 - Islam in the United States (Fatimah Fanusie)
Free Black Thought Podcast · Free Black Thought
September 18, 20241h 5m
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Show Notes
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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