Published by
Ethnic Records, American
Recorded by
X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
Date
1964; 1965
Medium
vinyl, cardboard, paper, ink
Dimensions
Diameter (disc): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
H x W (cardboard sleeve): 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 in. (31.4 x 31.4 cm)
Description
A 33 1/3 rpm LP record album (2012.88.3a) titled "Message To The Grass Roots" by Malcom X released by Afro Records. The album has a green label with black text. Side 1 has "Excerpts from an Address Delivered at King Solomon's Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, November 10, 1983 to the Northern Grass Roots Leadership Conference." There is a stamp and a sticker on the label. Side 2 has "Excerpts from an Address Delivered at King Solomon's Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, November 10, 1963 to the Northern Grass Roots Leadership Conference." There is a stamp at the center of the label. The cover (2012.88.3b) is for a different Malcolm X recording titled "Malcolm X Speaking" released by Ethnic Records and features an image of Malcom X looking to the left of the cover which has a black and pink boarder. The back of the cover three photographs of Malcolm X in the center. The photographs are surrounded by information about the album on the left side and a list of the tracks on the right side.
Place depicted
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
Classification
Media Arts-Audio Recordings
Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Black Nationalism
Type
record covers
long-playing records
Topic
Civil rights
Islam
U.S. History, 1961-1969
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2012.88.3ab
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c481d6b0-5939-4280-a494-7ed81bb81cdb

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