These letters discuss key financial strategies, budgeting, and administrative decisions that shaped university operations. FAMC effectively managed its financial challenges, allocating resources to promote academic advancement and infrastructure development while addressing the changing needs of students and faculty.
Black Panther Party leader, co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, and political prisoner Dhoruba Bin Wahd (Richard Moore) writes to the Freedom Now Campaign concerning several of the group's members exhibiting opportunistic tendencies on the issue of African-American political prisoners because of a power vacuum in the Black liberation struggle
One-page letter to Monroe N. Work in College, Georgia, from Emmett Scott, a secretary at Tuskegee. Scott's letter references a separate letter for Work that had not been forwarded to him. Scott's letter is typed on Tuskegee Institute stationery.
One-page letter from Dr. W.E.B. DuBois to Monroe Work asking him to attend a conference in the coming summer to discuss methods of uplifting the black community. The Niagara Movement and N.A.A.C.P. are written on top of the letter.
One-page letter requesting that Work meet with Washington about introducing a course at Tuskegee about sociology and history. Washington mentions he will be in Savannah on the 29th or 30th.
Two-page letter seeking information from Monroe N. Work about his life for inclusion in the New Jersey Afro-American newspaper. More than 20 questions are listed in the letter, some of which have responses next to them written in pencil.
A letter to Algerian president Houari Boumediene from members of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) who had fled to his country from the United States. Melvin McNair, Jean McNair, Larry Burgess, and George Brown hijacked a plane in Miami on July 31, 1972 to seek political asylum in Algeria. The letter talks about their treatment in the country.
One-page letter responding to Anabelle Darden's request for information about Monroe N. Work to include in the New Jersey Afro-American newspaper. Work included a sketch of his life story and a photograph with his response.
A letter addressed to “All Black and Oppressed Third World People” from the Malcolm X Section of the Afro-American Liberation Army. The letter is a call for Black people to take up arms and take their freedom from America, even if that means “killing those who stand between us and the oppressor”
A letter from Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, who is imprisoned, to his wife Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika). Nuh Abdul Qaiyum writes about materials he needs for an escape from prison. He explains that they are enslaved in prison, and he will choose freedom even if he dies. He ends by writing retrospectively about his personal life and the Black Panther Party.
A letter from Charles G. Gomillion, the Dean of Students of Tuskegee University and president of the Tuskegee Civic Association, to President Patterson inquiring about his status as employment status for the 1940-1941 academic year.
Letter from W. M. Smither to William Jay Schieffelin declining an invitation to attend the "Symposium on the Negro" at Tuskegee Institute. "Winston-Salem, N.C., R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company" is handwritten across the top of the letter.
Victor Cumberbatch, who was sentenced to prison in 1973 on robbery and weapons charges in connection with a Black Liberation Army (BLA) robbery, writes to update Albert Washington (Nuh Abdul Qaiyum) on his physical wellbeing and where he is serving his prison sentence. He asks if he has heard anything about an incident in Brooklyn.
Victor Cumberbatch, sentenced to prison in 1973 on robbery and weapons charges in connection with a Black Liberation Army (BLA) robbery, writes to Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika). He explains the impression and lifelong impact that she left on him. He mentions meeting her husband, and he relates to him in the sense of growing older in prison.
Brother Valdez, an imprisoned member of the Black Panther Party, updates Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) on another prisoner that wanted to write to her. He also updates her on his health and maturity. He tells her that the youth must be educated better and faster than they were, and says he will see them soon.
Brother Valdez, an imprisoned member of the Black Panther Party, writes of the youth in the Party while imagining how much they have grown and learned. He details his time in prison and updates Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) on the current situation of other members of the Party and tells her to stay strong.
Brother Valdez, an imprisoned member of the Black Panther Party, writes about Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika)’s court case, explaining the need for people like her, and that prison would diminish her role to nothing. He tells her his desire to see a picture of her and to give his love to everyone.
The unknown sender and fellow revolutionary writes to Nuh Abdul Qaiyum, who at this time was being held awaiting trial for a 1971 police shooting, to get some feelings off of their chest about the community, the Black Panther Party, and how people behave. They compare the way they are both treated and viewed by the people around them.
The sender, following up with Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) on a previous conversation, writes to her regarding her idea to start a woman-led Black liberation group. The sender gives steps on creating a military intelligence apparatus that will serve the women's militia and connect them to other organizations in the struggle for Black liberation.
Tahiar Bashir Abu Buthair Adu Hakim explains the importance of keeping the faith as the recipient is separated from their children. She offers to take care of the children and gives advice to the recipient.
Topeka Public Schools James M. Gray, in a letter to Walter Cade Jr., asks that The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) place constraints on a recently sold rental property in Topeka to ensure that there is a racially balanced mix of occupants.
Sundiata Acoli, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army (BLA) who was convicted in 1974 for the murder of a cop, writes Frankye Adams-Johnson (Malika) to tell her that she should do everything in her power to avoid trial and prison, because her effectiveness in the struggle would be weakened in prison.
Sundiata Acoli, a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) who was convicted in 1974 for the murder of a cop, writes to fellow revolutionary Sute. He addresses his lack of writing, as he is trying to organize revolutionaries in prison. He tells Sute the location of other brothers in the prison and news of their court proceedings.
Sulaman Majid wishes Abu Majid a happy birthday and Father's Day before explaining their newfound passion to live life, have purpose, and not be a statistic. Sulaman Majid also lists their problems and acknowledges the mental change they will have to undergo.
Sulaman Majid writes to his father about the terrible experience that he's had since being on his own. His living situation is tough dealing with three family members that mistreat him. He explains the reasons for his decline in school and depression and says that he will move away.
Steven R. Howe of the Southwest Ohio Regional Data Center at the University of Cincinnati writes to William Lamson to inform him that he has sent the place report for Hamilton County (Ohio) from the 1980 Census first summary file tape. Howe writes that they have census data available down to the block level for any area of Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana.
Sister Cone is writing this letter to an unknown recipient about the struggle for liberation, their love, and the pain their separation causes each of them. The letter is dated “Tuesday June 19th.”
Samuel Brown, who was convicted in 1983 of an armed robbery of a Brinks armored truck, describes his history in education, the Black Economic Survival organization, helping the addicted, and the Crime Prevention Task Force that broke up the gangs in his area. He writes about his health issues and his involvement with the Republic of New Afrika.
