Curated by historian and composer, LuFuki Ismaeel Dhul-Qarnayn, XRoads, is an exhibit and oral history archival project that explores the intersections between “jazz,” Black Muslims, and social justice movements.

XRoads explores the under-documented historical and contemporary intersections between the Golden Age of jazz and the Golden Age of Black Islam with a focus on Detroit, an epicenter of American music and religious history, with Malcolm X tying them together seamlessly. el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, formerly known as Malcolm X was a “jazz” lover and the “jazz” musicians were deeply influenced by his uncompromising stance against injustice and oppression