Recorded by
X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
Published by
Afro Records
Date
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 titled "Message to the Grass Roots from Malcolm X" by Malcolm X. The front of the cover is red with white and black text. At the center of the cover there is a black and white image of Malcolm X. The back of the cover has three images of Malcolm X down the middle and information about the album on either side of the images. There is an inscription of a name [Mateo] in the upper left corner. The album has an Afro Records green label on both sides. Both sides feature excerpts from an address delivered at King Solomon's Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, November 10, 1963 to the Northern Grass Roots Leadership Conference and the name Mateo scratched out on the label.
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
2012.88.7ab
Restrictions & Rights
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5b0782231-60d6-4505-b505-a6816637dfc6

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