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Message to the Grass Roots from Malcolm X

1970

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America

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

A 33 1/3 rpm LP record album titled "Message to the Grass Roots from Malcolm X" by Malcolm X. The album cover has a photograph of Malcolm X at center on the front. The back of the cover has three photographs down the center and information about the album on either side. The album record has a green Charisma Record label with black text. Side one and two contain "Excerpts from an address delivered at King Solomon's Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan, November 10, 1963 to the Northern Grass Roots Leadership Conference." The record was part of the Charisma Record set MX 100, The Best of Malcolm X.

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Catalog reference: 2012.88.6ab

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