Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc. Aims and Objectives
- On View
- Segregation Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Created by
- Organization of Afro-American Unity, American, 1965 - 1965
- Subject of
- X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
- Little-Collins, Ella, 1914 - 1996
- Date
- 1964
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8 1/2 × 11 in. (21.6 × 27.9 cm)
- Description
- Organization of Afro-American Unity Inc. leaflet. A single sheet of paper appears to have been originally folded in half, forming four (4) pages. The OAAU Seal, a graphic of four (4) overlapping circles with the numbers [360] and [34] and Arabic text underneath, is featured at the top of the first page. Black text on the page reads ["FROM DARKNESS / TO LIGHT" / OAUU, Inc. Seal / ORGANIZSATION / OF AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY / INC. / AIMS & OBJECTIVES]. The leaflet features photographic portraits of Malcolm X and his sister Ella Collins, following by a list of ten (10) "Aims & Objectives" of the organization."
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera
- Movement
- Pan Africanism
- Black Nationalism
- Type
- leaflets
- Topic
- Africa
- Politics
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2013.46.20
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.