African-American Muslims, also colloquially known as Black Muslims, are an African American religious minority. They represent one of the larger minority Muslim populations of the United States as there isn't an ethnic group that makes up the majority of American Muslims.[1] They are represented in Sunni and Shia denominations as well as smaller sects, such as the Nation of Islam. The history of African American Muslims is related to African-American history, in general, and goes back to the Revolutionary and Antebellum Eras.[2]