Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection

id
11226
origination
Organization of Afro-American Unity
date statement
1963-1965
key date
1963
identifier (local_mss)
25609
org unit
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
call number
Sc MG 752
b-number
b18203005
total components
6
total series
0
max depth
1
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2020-09-30 16:35:33 UTC
updated
2021-05-17 19:27:44 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
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unitdate
{"value"=>"1963-1965", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1963/1965"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.21 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
repository
{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division</span>"}
langmaterial
{"value"=>"English"}
origination
{"value"=>"Organization of Afro-American Unity", "type"=>"corpname"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Black nationalist organization launched by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was a secular institution that sought to unify 22 million non-Muslim African Americans with the people of the African Continent. It was modeled after the Organization of African Unity (OAU), a coalition of 53 African nations working to provide a unified political voice for the continent.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The collection includes various OAAU and Malcolm X-related documents, such s two statements issued by Malcolm X in Cairo, August 1964; a typed article that Malcolm X reportedly gave to Peter Bailey, editor of the OAAU newsletter <span class=\"title\">Blacklash</span>, at the Hotel Theresa the day before his assassination; and interview transcripts, press releases, and other printed matter. Also included are Bailey's 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.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Purchase from Peter Bailey, December 2004.</p>"}
separatedmaterial
{"value"=>"<p>Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs</p>"}
processinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Accessioned by A. Elizee, July 2009.</p>"}
bibliography
{"id"=>"aspace_714b1c45061068ccc6c6b0e5497ba2a0", "value"=>"<p>Burnett, Lucy. \"Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) 1965.\" Blackpast.org. https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/organization-afro-american-unity-oaau-1965/ (accessed August 25, 2020).</p>"}
date_start
1963
keydate
1963
date_end
1965
date_inclusive_start
1963
date_inclusive_end
1965
prefercite
{"value"=>"[Item], Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) collection, Sc MG 752, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library"}
abstract
{"value"=>"The Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) was a Black nationalist organization launched by Malcolm X in 1964. The OAAU was a secular institution that sought to unify 22 million non-Muslim African Americans with the people of the African Continent. It was modeled after the Organization of African Unity (OAU), a coalition of 53 African nations working to provide a unified political voice for the continent. The collection includes various OAAU and Malcolm X-related documents, such s two statements issued by Malcolm X in Cairo, August 1964; a typed article that Malcolm X reportedly gave to Peter Bailey, editor of the OAAU newsletter <span class=\"title\">Blacklash</span>, at the Hotel Theresa the day before his assassination; and interview transcripts, press releases, and other printed matter. Also included are Bailey's 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.", "generated"=>true}

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