Muhammad Speaks, Vol. 14, No. 28: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

The March 21, 1975 issue of Muhammad Speaks newspaper with a large color image of Wallace D. Muhammad on the front page. It was the final issue of the newspaper after the death of Elijah Muhammad.

The image of W.D. Muhammad is bordered in red. The border has a pattern of white Arabic script with a crescent moon and star running around the whole border. At the top of the image is large block text in black ["I WAS BORN FOR THE MISSION"]. Below the image, within the border, is additional black text [The Honorable Wallace D. Muhammad/Supreme Minister, of the Nation of Islam/See Page 3]. Above the image along the top of the front, is the newspaper title in stylized font [Muhammad Speaks]. In the middle of the publication title is a red graphic of a flag with four (4) words extending out diagonally from each corner. Starting in the upper right, the words read [FREEDOM / ISLAM / EQUALITY / JUSTICE] and are all contained within a rectangle. The flag has a crescent moon and star. In the upper right corner to the right of the publication title is a small rectangular box with black text [Dedicated to Freedom, / Justice and Equality for / the so - called Negro. / The Earth Belongs to / Allah.]. Below the publication title within two (2) narrow, horizontal black lines, is the volume and number, date, and price [Vol. 14 No. 28 2-Section 24 pages MARCH 21, 1975 20¢-OUTSIDE ILLINOIS-25¢].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: March 21, 1975
• Published by: Muhammad Speaks, American, founded 1962
• Subject of: Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, American, 1933 - 2008
• Type: newspapers
• Medium: ink on newsprint
• Dimensions: H x W: 15 1/4 × 11 9/16 in. (38.7 × 29.4 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Islam
• Topic: Mass media
• Topic: Religion
• Topic: Religious leaders
• Object number: 2015.183.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Imam Earl El-Amin, Muslim Community of Baltimore
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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