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ALS signed “Bro. Malcolm X,” one page on a 5.75 x 4 color postcard from Ethiopia, no date but likely circa 1964. Handwritten note to "Miss Gloria Owens," in full: "Greetings from another Ancient Land that is fast leaping out of the past and into the future, even ahead of us." Gloria Owens was the sister of Maceo X Owens, secretary at Muhammad's Mosque No. 7 in Harlem where Malcolm X preached alongside Louis Farrakhan. Corner-mounted, double-matted, and framed with a portrait to an overall size of 25 x 18. In fine condition.
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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