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NY 105-8999 Also on page 5 its an article by BAILEY captioned, "OAAU fnactive", which has to do with the activity of the OAAU, This article indicates that educationally the OAAU has opened a Liberation School which meets every Saturday morning at the Hotel Theresa to teach the true history of the black. people. Politically the OAAU encourages Negroes to register independent so that they will not be a captive of either party. Economically the OAAU stresses that the major weakness of Negroes is the lack of ownership of property and urges Negroes to assume more economic control over their communities. Culturally the OAAU according to the article feels a closer relationship between black artists and the black people and pushes for closer contact between all black people. Internationally the OAAU plans to elevate the Negro struggle ivom the field of civil rights to one of human rights and then take the United States Government before the United Nations and have it indicted for its treatment of American Negroes. This article further indicated that asa SS eS a ee an see Se Se «= = —ees already formed a branch in Ghana, Africa. The "OAAU Blacklash", Volume 1, Number 5, is the official publication of the OAAU which was organized in New York City in June, 1964, for the purpose of entering the civil rights feld by its Chairman MALCOLM X LITTLE, founder and leader of the MMI. ‘The "OAAU Blacklash" dated September 28, 1964, contained on page 1 an article on the recent tour of Africa by MALCOLM X LITTLE where according to the publication LITTLE is attempting to internationalize the Afro- American fight for freedom and in furtherance of this aim he has remained in Africa “in order to reach more of our Supporters on @ person to person basis. " The article also stated that a division of the OAAU has been formed in Cairo, called the "Organization of Afro- American Students" (OAAS). Like the OAAU the OAAS is opened to all people of African descent and in addition to having . branches in Africa it will have college branches in the =: | 67> Geen “l5~ es roe ae, cence pee mee pee gee tea ge et a eT Te iT PTY EO Ee Tite 2 et arte