- 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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