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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:
Late 1800s - 2014; Bulk 1941-1996
Malcolm X Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2020-009
Abstract
This collection contains eight black-and-white press photographs taken of Malcolm X at various events, as well as images taken of him at the [L.A.] courthouse, in front of his home after it was firebombed, and an image of him taken on a stretcher after he was assassinated.
Dates:
March 20, 1962-February 21, 1965
Black History Pamphlets Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-064
Abstract
This collection contains pamphlets, ephemera, booklets, joutrnals, comic books, and other materials related to Black history in the last 200 years. Subjects include slavery, economics, Black/White relations, as well as noted Black figures, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Anglea Davis, Huey Newton, Paul Robeson, C.L.R. James, and Amanda Smith. Publications include Black journals, zines, and comic books introducing Black superheroes.
Dates:
ca. 1890-2018
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- Names: X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 X
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
- Acquah, Joseph 1
- Angelou, Maya 1
- Aquarian Spiritual Center (Los Angeles, Calif.) 1
- Armour, Alaine 1
- Bailey, Alice, 1880-1949 1
- Ben-Jochannan, Yosef 1
- Black Panther Party 1
- Cooper, J. California 1
- Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne ), 1944- 1
- DuBois, W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 1
- Gayle, Addison, Jr., 1932-1991 1
- Giovanni, Nikki 1
- Greenfield, Eloise 1
- Gregory, Dick 1
- Guy, Rosa 1
- Haley, Alex 1
- Hall, Manly P. (Manly Palmer), 1901-1990 1
- Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963 1
- Himes, Chester B., 1909-1984 1
- Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
- Hurston, Zora Neale 1
- Jackson, Jesse, 1941- 1
- Jackson, John G. 1
- Jordan, June, 1936-2002 1
- Kgositsile, Keorapetse 1
- Killens, John Oliver, 1916-1987 1
- King, Richard D. 1
- Lester, Julius 1
- Ligon, Alfred, 1906-2002 1
- Ligon, Bernice, 1912-2000 1
- Lorde, Audre 1
- Marshall, Paule, 1929-2019 1
- Meeds, Virgil A. 1
- Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Newton, Huey P. 1
- Perry, Armagene Hasani 1
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976 1
- Rogers, J.A. (Joel Augustus), 1880-1966 1
- Sanyika, Dadisi 1
- Shields, Raymond 1
- Soyinka, Wole 1
- Thurman, Howard, 1915-1998 1
- Walker, Alice, 1944- 1
- Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 1
- Weatherwax, John M. (John Martin), 1900-1984 1
- Winston, Henry, 1911-1986 1
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