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Connection

1970

United States, North and Central America

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

An issue of Connection Magazine. The publication is constructed of a thick paper cover with white interior pages of black text throughout. On the front cover is an orange-tinted, black-and-white, zoomed-in image of Malcom X, showing his eyeglass covered eyes and his nose. The interior pages include a masthead and table of contents, with poetry and full-page black-and-white photographs throughout. The table of contents page reads [CONNECTION THIS TIME / IS / A COLLECTION / OF: / BLACK POETRY / BLACK DRAWINGS / BLACK STORIES / BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY / BLACK PLAYS / BLACK ART / BLACK SPIRIT / BLACK UNITY / BLACK PEOPLE]. The final numbered page is 85. On the back cover is an orange-tinted black-and-white zoomed-in image of Malcom X’s hand balled with part of his index finger pointed upward. There are no markings or inscriptions.

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2015.125.5

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