“Our Family’s Evolution—From Nationalism to Al-Islam” delivers an authentic historical account of how America’s domestic black population came upon the religion of Al-Islam and its spread to African-American communities across the country. Discover this captivating, yet seldom discussed history, through a telling memoir written by noted Muslim American historian Abdul Karim Hasan, whose family has been part of this experience for over 90 years.

Author A.K. Hasan takes readers on a journey of unbelievable clarity and cause, breaking down in clear view the unlikely chain of events that introduced Al-Islam to the African-American community. From the end of Slavery through the modern era, he delivers a compelling family account of early Black Nationalism and how it created a path to universal Islam.

The book details African-American life in the years following the civil war, and the extreme challenges that followed. Hasan reveals his family’s adverse history in the south, and subsequent migration north where they encountered the birth of Black Nationalism. Through stunning family and personal accounts, Hasan brings to light a chain-of-events showing beyond doubt how the foundation was paved for the emergence of Muslims in America.