Research Catalog

Title

Malcolm X portrait collection [graphic].

Publication

<1950?-1997?>

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Grant, Earl.
• Cottrol, Robert W.
• Sheffield, Maceo B.
• Layne, Cecil.
• Windom, Alice, 1936- .
• Yearwood, Lloyd.
• Lilly, Charles.
• A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• United Press International.

Description

• 30 items (.3 cubic ft., 1 box); 36x 28 cm. or smaller.
• <18> photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• <9> photographic prints : col. ;
• <3> photomechanical prints : col, one b&w ;

Summary

Portraits of Black Muslim leader Malcolm X. Collection includes a view of Malcolm X meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr.; Malcolm X in a group portrait with Charles Rangel, Percy Sutton and others on the steps of the New York State Capitol in Albany; with Chuck Stone, George Schuyler and George Goodman during a WLIB radio broadcast; talking to Fidel Castro; meeting with a group outside a Queens County, New York, court room; addressing a Marcus Garvey Day gathering (1958); in a view with Shirley Graham Du Bois in Accra, Ghana (1964); attending a dinner with Warith Deen Muhammad, Herbert Muhammad and James Shabazz; in a group portrait with Hope Stevens, Jaja Wachukwa and Lorraine Springsteen at a reception; and leaving his damaged home in Queens, New York, after it was firebombed (1965). Also included is a view of Malcolm X's gravesite in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York, and views of a bronze sculpture of Malcolm X created by Gabriel Koren. There are also reproductions of paintings of Malcolm X, done by Charles Lilly, Caton and an unidentified artist. Full, half and quarter length portraits are available.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subject

• X, Malcolm, 1925-1965
• Stevens, Hope R., 1905-
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
• Muhammad, Warith Deen, 1933-2008
• Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
• Sutton, Percy E
• Rangel, Charles B
• Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1906-1977
• Schuyler, George S. 1895-1977
• Goodman, George W
• Stone, Chuck
• Wachukwa, Jaja Anucha, 1918-
• Shabazz, James
• Muhammad, Herbert
• African American leadership
• Black Muslims
• Public speaking > New York (N.Y.) > 1950-1969
• Eating & drinking > United States > 1950-1969

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1940-1969.
• Group portraits – 1940-1969.
• Paintings – 1960-1979 – Reproductions.
• Silver gelatin photoprints – 1950-1979.
• Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.
• Photomechanical prints.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Photographers include Robert Cottrol, Cecil Layne, Alice Windom, Lloyd Yearwood, A. Hansen Studio, and others.
• Some photographs bear photographer's or photography studio's handstamp. Some items bear printed captions or handwritten information. Some items bear cropping or retouching marks; some items are cropped. One item is mounted. Some items are duplicates.

Terms of Use (note)

• Photographs are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Call Number

Sc Photo X, Malcolm

OCLC

NYPG091000095-F

Title

Malcolm X portrait collection [graphic].

Imprint

<1950?-1997?>

Terms Of Use

Photographs are restricted; permission of copyright holder is required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Portrait Collection.

Local Note

Negatives exist for some images.

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Added Author

Grant, Earl. Photographer

Cottrol, Robert W. Photographer

Sheffield, Maceo B. Photographer

Layne, Cecil. Photographer

Windom, Alice, 1936- . Photographer

Yearwood, Lloyd. Photographer

Lilly, Charles. Artist

A. Hansen Studio (New York, N.Y.)

United Press International.

Research Call Number

Sc Photo X, Malcolm