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"Death: A Rumor in our Communities" (page 3)
Charles Kenyatta
Amistad Research Center
New Orleans, United States
Charles Kenyatta (Charles Morris) was a bodyguard and protégé of Malcolm X, who became a Harlem street orator after the latter’s death. This essay by Kenyatta was likely handed out by him during his orations. Although it is not dated, the essay is bound with photos and headlines from New York newspapers from May 1971.
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- Title: "Death: A Rumor in our Communities" (page 3)
- Creator: Charles Kenyatta
- Subject Keywords: African Americans--civil rights, Police brutality--United States
- Type: document
- Rights: Physical rights are retained by the Amistad Research Center. The materials in this exhibition are being made available for personal and scholarly research use only. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws. If you are the rightful copyright holder of an item represented in this exhibition and wishes to have it removed, please submit a request to reference@amistadresearchcenter.org including proof of ownership and clear identification of the work, preferably with URL.
- Repository: Amistad Research Center
- Extent: 5 leaves
- Date: c. 1971
- Collection: Ephemera collection
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