Malcolm X Funeral

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black-and-white photograph of Malcolm X in his casket, shrouded in accordance with Islamic tradition, as African American men and women file by at the funeral viewing.

Catalog date

1965; printed later

Recorded places

Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Recorded subjects

African American; Civil Rights; Funeral customs and rites; Islam; Photography; Religious rituals and ceremonies; U.S. History, 1961-1969

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