Amirah Muhammad Oral History Interview: Museum Object and Cultural History
Amirah Muhammad Oral History Interview: Date: July 20, 2016. Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003. Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American.
The object in the museum catalogue
The oral history consists of 2016.129.7.1a and 2016.129.7.2a: two versions (unedited, and edited) of a single digital video recording.
Amirah Muhammad was interviewed as part of the NMAAHC Donor Oral History Collection. Ms. Muhammad donated a platinum pendant that was commissioned by Elijah Muhammad for Clara Muhammad to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
In this oral history Amirah Muhammad, granddaughter of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and Clara Muhammad, discusses the dynamics of growing up in the Nation of Islam, including memories of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: July 20, 2016
- Created by: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
- Recorded by: Patrick Telepictures, Inc., American
- Interview of: Amirah Muhammad, American, born 1965
- Interviewed by: Deborah Tulani Salahu-Din, American
- Subject of: Nation of Islam, American, founded 1930
- Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
- Subject of: Muhammad Ali, American, 1942 - 2016
- Subject of: Elijah Muhammad, American, 1897 - 1975
- Type: video recordings
- Type: oral histories
- Type: digital media - born digital
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.7.1a): 62 min.
- Dimensions: Duration (2016.129.7.2a): 61.93 min.
- Dimensions: 89.38 GB
- Place collected: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Activism
- Topic: Islam
- Topic: Museums
- Topic: Nation of Islam
- Topic: Religion
- Object number: 2016.129.7.1a-.2a
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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