American Muslims: A History Revealed

Malika Bilal 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.

Among the millions of immigrants arriving in the United States at the turn of the 20th century were thousands of Muslims from Lebanon, then part of Greater Syria; host Aymann Ismail tells the story of two of these people.

Malika Bilal 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.

Even before the United States is founded, tens of thousands of Muslims are already here, captured in West Africa and brought to colonial America in chains; Asma Khalid tells the story of one of these people.