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Black Panther Party — Part 22
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APPENDIX’ *
ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-AMEKICAN UNITY, INC. (OAAU
On June, 28, 1964, Malcolm X Little, founder and leader
of the Muslim Mosque, Inc. (MM1), publicly announced the formation
of a new, all-Negro, militant civil rights action
group to be
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known as the Organization oi Afro-Amer £0an ULL \WVAAU), with
himself as Chairman. This announcemert was made at.a public —
rally held by the MMI in the Audubon fallroon, Broadway § and 166th
Streets, New York City. so a
"a printed and published statement of basic OAAU aime
read by Malcolm X at this meeting indicates that it shall include
"all" people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere, as
well as “our"™ brothers and sisters on the African
is patterned after the “letter and sp’rit” of the
of African Unity established (by Afrjcan heads of
Ababa, Ethiopia, in May, 1963.
A recording of the remarks of Malcolm X
continent. It
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Organiza tion
States) at Addis
at this meeting
indicates that the aim of the OAAU ‘s to eliminate differences
between Negroes so they can work tozether for "Human Rights,"
while the initial objective is to “inter-nationalize" the American
civil rights movement by taking it;to the United Nations. Little
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- condenned the nonviolent MAT kA LABRSEO BVOC LL and Cila@&lms That
a-Negroes should be taught to protect themselves, when a if
- ? necessary. The OAAU will sponsor: ‘a program for Negroes’ in
“education, politics, culture, economics and social reform.
Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965,
while addressing an OAAU raiczy at the Audubon Ballroom, New York |
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City. ‘ H
Amrit 19 1C65 a source advised that on Warnrh OE
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1965, the OAAU filed a Certificate of Incorporation with the
Department of State, State of New York, Albany, New York, and
henceforth the organization's true name would be Organization |
of Afro-American Unity, Incorporated.
on February 28, 1966, a second source advised that
the president and head of the OAAU is Ella Collins, a half-
Sister of the late Malcolm X who resides in the Harlem Section
oF New York City
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on Nay 8, 1967, the first source advised that the” ~
headquarterg’ of the OAAU is located at 224 West 139th Street, - —
New York, New York, which is the residence of Ella Collins, :
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