Armacost Library, Campus Diversity & Inclusion, Redlands Peace Academy, and A.K. Smiley Public Library have received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association to host events that highlight Islam and the cultures, histories, and stories of Muslims in the United States and around the world.
To mark Black History Month 2014, our Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys programming will re-screen Prince Among Slaves, a historical documentary based on Terry Alford's 1977 biography of 'Abd al-Rahman, a prince of a West African Muslim nation who was brought to Mississippi as a slave in the late 1780s. The film chronicles 'Abd al-Rahman's journey from enslavement to liberation. Against the backdrop of American slavery, 'Abd al-Rahman's quests to free his wife and children and to return to his African home provide us with significant focal points to think and talk about race and religion in America's past and present. Dr. Patrick Wing, Assistant Professor of History at University of Redlands, will introduce the film and facilitate a question-and-answer session following the screening. This event will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at Gregory Hall, Room 161, from 7 to 9 p.m.
For more detailed information and online pre-registration, please visit the project website: http://library.redlands.edu/muslimjourneys.
For inquiries, questions, and suggestions, please contact Melissa Cardenas-Dow, in person at Armacost Library, at Melissa_Cardenasdow@redlands.edu or x8089.
The programs hosted by University of Redlands Armacost Library, Campus Diversity & Inclusion, Redlands Peace Academy, and A.K. Smiley Public Library for Bridging Cultures: Muslim Journeys has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in cooperation with the American Library Association (ALA).
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