Storytellers are carriers of history, cultural memory, resilience and hope. Tariq Touré is a storyteller,
Before the 1960s, the dominant images of U.S. Muslims highlighted in the media and popular
By Youssef Carter It is a recognized fact that the United States has been profoundly shaped
By Rashida James-Saadiya In the United States, many media platforms struggle with being intersectional when representing
Imagine the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and you will undoubtedly picture a man wearing a cap embroidered with a large star
By Rasul Miller Today’s post features a short talk by Sekou Odinga about the need to free political prisoners held in
From Ebony Magazine, May 1975 The final post in our series on the Black press’s coverage of Black Muslims in the
From Ebony Magazine, September 1964 Captions like “[w]ildly cheering crowds in Kumasi, Ghana,” and “military guard assigned to keep Clay fans
This month, we invite you to listen to an episode from the Identity Politics podcast as hosts Ikhlas Saleem and Makkah Ali interview Imam Muhammad Mendes. Imam Mendes touches on several
By Mikel Aki'lah Jones (originally posted on HijabiChronicles.com) After greeting me, or sometimes before, fellow Muslims usually ask: Where are you from? My response is always, here. That response must not be what
By Ryan Hilliard As many all over the country wait for the start of a new school year and parents and children prepare to say goodbye to the summertime chill we invite
by Dr. Rudolph Ware A common phrase that you might hear when talking about daily trials of living in America is “You know the struggle is real!” It seems that this