How Islam Influenced Black Americans in 1920s Chicago

Host Malika Bilal traces the rise of early Black American Muslim communities in 1920s Chicago through the life of Florence Watts, a Great Migration newcomer.

An illuminating look at an overlooked chapter of American religious and Black history.

The 1920s saw a revival in Islam among Black Americans fleeing poverty and persecution in the Jim Crow South. In Northern cities including Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Newark, and New York, they found strength and sec

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