Connection: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An issue of Connection Magazine. The publication is constructed of a thick paper cover with white interior pages of black text throughout. On the front cover is an orange-tinted, black-and-white, zoomed-in image of Malcom X, showing his eyeglass covered eyes and his nose. The interior pages include a masthead and table of contents, with poetry and full-page black-and-white photographs throughout. The table of contents page reads [CONNECTION THIS TIME / IS / A COLLECTION / OF: / BLACK POETRY / BLACK DRAWINGS / BLACK STORIES / BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY / BLACK PLAYS / BLACK ART / BLACK SPIRIT / BLACK UNITY / BLACK PEOPLE]. The final numbered page is 85. On the back cover is an orange-tinted black-and-white zoomed-in image of Malcom X’s hand balled with part of his index finger pointed upward. There are no markings or inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1970
• Published by: Oduduwa Productions, American, active 1970s
• Subject of: Malcolm X, American, 1925 - 1965
• Edited by: Dr. Curtiss E. Porter, American
• Edited by: August Wilson, American, 1945 - 2005
• Type: magazines (periodicals)
• Medium: ink on paper with metal
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 11 × 8 1/2 × 17 1/8 in. (27.9 × 21.6 × 43.5 cm)
• Place printed: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Activism
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Black Press
• Topic: Literature
• Topic: Photography
• Topic: Poetry
• Topic: Politics
• Object number: 2015.125.5
• 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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