Rare ANS from Malcolm X signed “El-Hajj Malik,” penned on the reverse of a color glossy 5.5 x 3.5 postcard bearing the flag of Algeria, postmarked May 20, 1964. Handwritten note to Richard Morris of Los Angeles, California, in full: “Greetings from beautiful, militant fast-rising Algeria.” In fine condition, with some unobtrusive light creasing.
After going to Mecca in 1964, Malcolm X experienced an epiphany that prompted his disillusionment with the Nation of Islam, as well as with its leader Elijah Muhammad. He traveled to Mecca as Malcolm X, a militant Black Muslim, and came back El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, a believer in Sunni Islam who no longer saw the white man as the devil, and who pursued a new path of Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism. When his stay in Saudi Arabia ended, he departed for Beirut, and then shortly thereafter a three-week tour of Africa, which included stops in Nigeria, Liberia, Senegal, Algeria, and Ghana, all the while giving lectures on college and university campuses and continuing to educate himself about orthodox Islam. A scarce, exceptionally desirable letter sent during a formative journey to Africa.
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