Research Catalog

Title

The Malcolm X collection : papers, 1948-1965 (bulk 1961-1964)

Author

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.

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Summary

Writings, personal memorabilia, organizational papers and printed matter documenting Malcolm X's activities and opinions as the Nation of Islam's first National Minister, and following his separation from the organization and his embrace of orthodox Islam in early 1964, as a prominent advocate of human rights and self-determination for African-Americans.

Alternative Title

Malcolm X papers

Subjects

• Organization of Afro-American Unity
• Shabazz, Betty
• X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
• Black nationalism > United States
• Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)
• African Americans > Religion
• Black Muslims
• Muslim Mosque, Inc
• Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975

Note

• Photographs transferred to Photographs and Prints Division.
• Microfilm is not available via Interlibrary Loan.

Access (note)

• Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy, located in the MARB division.
• None of the reels may be scanned, photographed, or photocopied.

Additional Formats (note)

• Microfilmed;

Biography (note)

• African American nationalist leader and minister of the Nation of Islam who sought to broaden the civil rights struggle in the United States into an international human rights issue, and who subsequently founded the Muslim Mosque Incorporated and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965.

OCLC

NYPW04-A260

Author

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.

Title

The Malcolm X collection : papers, 1948-1965 (bulk 1961-1964)

Description

Originals: 7 lin. ft.

Copies: 16 microfilm reels.

I. Personal memorabilia; II. Betty Shabazz; III. Correspondence, 1948-1965; IV. Writings and Notes; V. Nation of Islam; VI. Muslim Mosque Incorporated; VII. Organization of Afro-American Unity; VIII. Subject File; IX. Clipping File.

Access

Researchers are restricted to microfilm copy, located in the MARB division.

None of the reels may be scanned, photographed, or photocopied.

Additional Formats

Microfilmed; New York Public Library; Sc Micro R-6270

Biography

African American nationalist leader and minister of the Nation of Islam who sought to broaden the civil rights struggle in the United States into an international human rights issue, and who subsequently founded the Muslim Mosque Incorporated and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965.

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Malcolm X papers