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Muhammad Speaks, Vol. 14, No. 28

March 21, 1975

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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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.

The March 21, 1975 issue of Muhammad Speaks newspaper with a large color image of Wallace D. Muhammad on the front page. It was the final issue of the newspaper after the death of Elijah Muhammad. The image of W.D. Muhammad is bordered in red. The border has a pattern of white Arabic script with a crescent moon and star running around the whole border. At the top of the image is large block text in black ["I WAS BORN FOR THE MISSION"]. Below the image, within the border, is additional black text [The Honorable Wallace D. Muhammad/Supreme Minister, of the Nation of Islam/See Page 3]. Above the image along the top of the front, is the newspaper title in stylized font [Muhammad Speaks]. In the middle of the publication title is a red graphic of a flag with four (4) words extending out diagonally from each corner.

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Catalog reference: 2015.183.2

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