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Malcolm X on a plane

1963

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of Malcolm X on a plane, framed by the seats in the row in front of him, leaning his head forward on his left hand and reading a newspaper with the headline "Brothers of the Killers Selected to Judge!"

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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: 2012.107.30

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