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Shahid dressed in tuxedos

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Tayammum Falah, with his arms around the shoulders of Luqman Hamza and Ahmad Alaadeen, both wearing kufi hats, stand in front of a chalkboard wearing tuxedos. Luqman and Ahmad are wearing Habib style kufi hats. Luqman smiles at the photographer. Ahmad looks at the floor in front of him.
Date Published
1971
1975
Subjects
African American jazz musicians
Jazz musicians
Pianists
Drummers (Musicians)
Saxophonists
African American male singers
Jazz singers
Blackboards
African American Muslims
Black Muslims
Time Periods
1971-1980
Notes

No date; likely early 1970s

The original members of The Shahid, a Nation of Islam music group first formed in the 1960s

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original
1 photograph : color print ; 9 x 13 cm
Member of
Ahmad Alaadeen Collection
Source File
umkc_lsc_alaadeen_photo-023.tif
Genres
Color photographs
Group portraits
Snapshots
Types
photographs
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
Rights
In Copyright.
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections for more information.
Rights
In Copyright
All collection images may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent use and/or distribution in print or electronically. Please contact LaBudde Special Collections at specialcollections@umkc.edu for more information.

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