Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
2. Bailey, A. Peter.
3. Moore, Carlos.

Description

1. 0.2 lin. Ft. (one box)

Summary

1. Varied OAAU and Malcolm X-related documents, including two statements issued by Malcolm X in Cairo in August 1964; a typed article Malcolm X reportedly gave to Peter Bailey, editor of the OAAU newsletter Blacklash, at the Hotel Theresa the day before his assassination; and interview transcripts, press releases and other printed matter. Also included are Bailey's 7p. holograph "Thoughts written down immediately after Bro. Malcolm's assassination;" a two page statement by Ella Collins, President of OAAU, Inc., announcing "A ten year economic program based upon 360 degrees of knowledge" and the organization's new motto, "Black Ism" (1965); and writings by Carlos Moore and Lebert Bethune of the Afroamerican Committee in Paris about Malcolm X's banning by the French government and his subsequent assassination.

Subject

1. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
2. Black nationalism > United States
3. Organization of Afro-American Unity

Call number

1. Sc MG 752

Note

1. Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

1. Peter Bailey

Biography (note)

1. Black nationalist organization launched by Malcolm X in 1964.

Author

1. Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Title

1. Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection, 1963-1965.

Biography

1. Black nationalist organization launched by Malcolm X in 1964.

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1. Finding Aid

Added author

1. X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
2. Bailey, A. Peter.
3. Moore, Carlos.

Research call number

1. Sc MG 752