Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc. Aims and Objectives: Museum Object and Cultural History
Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc. Aims and Objectives: Date: 1964. Created by: Organization of Afro-American Unity, American, 1964 - 1965. Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc. leaflet. A single sheet of paper appears to have been originally folded in half, forming four (4) pages. The OAAU Seal, a graphic of four (4) overlapping circles with the numbers [360] and [34] and Arabic text underneath, is featured at the top of the first page. Black text on the page reads ["FROM DARKNESS / TO LIGHT" / OAUU, Inc. Seal / ORGANIZSATION / OF AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY / INC. / AIMS & OBJECTIVES]. The leaflet features photographic portraits of Malcolm X and his sister Ella Collins, following by a list of ten (10) "Aims & Objectives" of the organization."
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1964
- Created by: Organization of Afro-American Unity, American, 1964 - 1965
- Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
- Subject of: Ella Little-Collins, 1914 - 1996
- Type: leaflets
- Medium: ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Africa
- Topic: Politics
- Topic: U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Object number: 2013.46.20
- 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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