Coffee with a Curator: North Carolina’s Islamic Heritage

Presenter: Ayla Amon, Curator of Political and Cultural History
Did you know that Islam has been practiced in the United States since the 1500s? Tune in to find out how historians know this, and to learn more about the history of Islam in North Carolina through the life and works of Omar ibn Sayyid. We’ll also explore some of the Islamic objects in the collection of the North Carolina Museum of History.
Resources for further reading:
Ayla Amon, “They Wore White and Prayed to the East: The Material Legacy of Enslaved Muslims in Early America,” Challenging History: Race, Equity, and the Practice of Public History (University of South Carolina Press, 2021):
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Sylviane Diouf, Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas (NYU Press, 2013):
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Jeffrey Einboden, Jefferson’s Muslim Fugitives: The Lost Story of Enslaved Africans, their Arabic Letters, and an American President (Oxford University Press, 2020):
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Omar ibn Said, Ala Alryyes (trans.), A Muslim American Slave: The Life of Omar Ibn Said (University of Wisconsin Press, 2011):
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