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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. (MMI), publicly announced the formation of a new, all-Negro, militant civil rights action group to be known aS the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), with himself as Chairman. This announcemert was made at.a public rally held by the MMI in the Audubon fallroom, Broadway & and 166th Streets, New York City. i . A printed and published statement of basic OAAU aims 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 continent. It is patterned after the “letter and sp’rit" of the Organization of African Unity established (by Afrjcan heads of States) at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in May, 1963. i A recording of the remarks of Malcolm X at this meeting indicates that the aim of the OAAU 4s 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 . condemned the nonviolent civil rigits movement and claims that _Negroes should be taught to protect themselves, when a at ~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 raicy at the Audubon Ballroom, New York City. / t On April 13, 1°65, a source advised that on March 26, 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 hzad of the OAAU is Ella Collins, a half- sister of the late Malcolm X who resides in the Harlem Section of New York City. On May 8, 1967, the first source advised that the” —~ headquarters of the OAAU is located at 224 West 139th Street, New York, Yew York, which is the residence of Ella Collins. | i