Few attend Muslim cult's Valley 'Mosque' rally, feast
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated March 27, 1961 partially reads, "The feast and rally at the new Muslim Mosque, 13209 Van Nuys Blvd., Pacoima, appeared to be a poorly-attended, quiet affair. The meeting, Sunday, to which only Negroes were invited, marked the change of the former store building from a mission to a mosque for the anti-integration cult. Outside the repainted building which bears a 'grand opening' sign, one member of the cult kept an eye out for uninvited visitors. When a Valley Times TODAY photographer asked the man's name, the question was evaded and, while the young man talked with the photographer, several other members of the cult left the Mosque and joined him."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.) Black Muslims--California--Los Angeles Mosques--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Sidewalks--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Neon signs--California--Pacoima (Los Angeles) Van Nuys Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.) Pacoima (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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