Message to the Movement: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A paper pamphlet interview “Message to the Movement” with journalist and current prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal titled, owned by Herman Wallace while incarcerated at Angola Prison.

The front cover of the pamphlet is primarily grey with square black sections at the top and bottom, five thick black vertical bars in the center; a white candle at the bottom of the middle black bar, and white linked chains from end to end of the paper. Above the bottom black section on the left is a small black circle with the name “R. Black” inside. In the bottom black section of the cover in bold grey ink is: [OCCUPIED MEDIA / PAMPHLET SERIES / C/O ADELANTE ALLIANCE / 405 61 STREET BROOKLYN, NY 11220 / [email protected]]. The first page of the pamphlet gives a brief summary of Mumia Abu-Jamal and all of the hands involved in the pamphlet’s publication.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2011
• Published by: Adelante Alliance, American
• Produced by: Greg Ruggiero, American, born 1977
• Subject of: Mumia Abu-Jamal, American, born 1954
• Illustrated by: R. Black, American
• Owned by: Herman Wallace, American, 1941 - 2013
• Subject of: Mumia Abu-Jamal, American, born 1954
• Subject of: Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, American, founded 1835
• Type: pamphlets
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: L x W: 11 × 4 5/16 in. (28 × 10.9 cm)
• Place used: Angola, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Communication
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Justice
• Topic: Prisons
• Object number: A2018.36.1.6
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Maria Hinds
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Mumia Abu Jamal 2011 Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.