Inspired by #BeingBlackAndMuslim twitter conversation, last spring visual artist Bobby Rogers published a portrait series on being black and Muslim on his social media platforms. “My #BeingBlackandMuslim series was created to challenge the mainstream meaning of what it is to be ‘Muslim,’” says Bobby Rogers. “There is, and always has been, an erasure of Black Muslims from our historical teachings in America, just as there is an erasure of Black and Muslim cultures worldwide.”
The Muslim photographer continues: “With my series I want to show society that Black Muslims have always been an integral part of American history, as well as, Islamic history.”
