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Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Alfred and Bernice Ligon Aquarian Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-001
Abstract This collection contains archival materials and rare books related to Alfred and Bernice Ligon as the proprietors and founders of The Aquarian Book Shop and Aquarian Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, CA; their interests in African American history and culture; and studies and teaching of metaphysics, occultism and black gnostic studies. The archival collection concentrates on the operations and events of the Book Shop, curriculum of the Spiritual Center, and African American culture. The rare...
Dates: 1927-2014; undated; Bulk 1941-1996

Melvin House Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-030
Abstract

This collection contains material belonging to Melvin House, an African American electrician and high school gymnast living in Los Angeles, California. Included in this collection are documents, photographs, ephemera, articles, booklets, pamphlets, and other material relating to House's education, career, friends and family; as well as his interests in spirituality, politics, religion, and the Nation of Islam.

Dates: 1929-1971; undated

Means, Joyce (Joyce 5X) Nation of Islam Education Program Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SPC-2025-010
Scope and Contents

Joyce (Joyce 5X) Means Nation of Islam Education Program Collection (1935, 1970-1977, 1990, 1992; undated) contains material collected by Joyce Elaine Means as she was going through Nation of Islam education programs to become Joyce 5X in the early 1970s. Included in this collection are photocopied lesson plans, letters, newspaper clippings, and personal photographs.

Dates: 1935, 1970-1977, 1990, 1992; undated

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Black Muslims 2
Los Angeles (Calif.) 2
Race discrimination 2
Spirituality 2
African American Jews 1