Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection, 1963-1965.

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Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection, 1963-1965.

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Varied OAAU and Malcolm X-related documents, including two statements issued by Malcolm X in Cairo in August 1964; a typed article Malcolm X reportedly gave to Peter Bailey, editor of the OAAU newsletter Blacklash, at the Hotel Theresa the day before his assassination; and interview transcripts, press releases and other printed matter. Also included are Bailey's 7p. holograph "Thoughts written down immediately after Bro. Malcolm's assassination;" a two page statement by Ella Collins, President of OAAU, Inc., announcing "A ten year economic program based upon 360 degrees of knowledge" and the organization's new motto, "Black Ism" (1965); and writings by Carlos Moore and Lebert Bethune of the Afroamerican Committee in Paris about Malcolm X's banning by the French government and his subsequent assassination.

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Moore, Carlos A., 1953-

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Organization of Afro-American Unity

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Black nationalist organization launched by Malcolm X in 1964. From the description of Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection, 1963-1965. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 472223219 ...

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965

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Black activist. From the description of Radio broadcast of an interview with Malcolm X, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736449 Black nationalist. From the description of Reminiscences of Malcolm X : lecture, [196-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513305 African American nationalist leader and minister of the Nation of Islam who sought to broaden the civil rights struggle ...

Bailey, A. Peter.

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Journalist and author A. Peter Bailey was born on February 24, 1938 in Columbus, Georgia to Upson and Alga Bailey. He was raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, and attended Tuskegee Institute High School, but graduated from Nuremberg American High School in Germany in 1955. Bailey served in the U.S. Army from 1956 to 1959, and went on to attend Howard University until 1961.In 1962, Bailey moved to Harlem, New York City; and, in 1964, became a founding member of Malcolm X's Organization of Afro-American U...