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Muslim American Museum & Archive

    Contemporary color photo of exhibits at the Muslim American Museum & Archive. A mannequin of a dark-skinned young Muslim woman of African descent is shown wearing a red muslin dress and orange hajib. She stands directly in front of a blue-painted wall filled with colorful images and commentary on traditional beliefs, practices, and values of Islam.

    Display at the New Africa Center’s Muslim American Museum & Archive, at 4243 Lancaster Ave., whose founder and curator Abdul-Rahim Muhammad is also founding director of the Islamic Cultural Preservation and Information Council, or ICPIC. Mr. Muhammad was a young child when Malcolm X spoke at Muhammad Temple of Islam #12.

    2019
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    CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
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    John L. Puckett