Acronym	Definition
OAAU	Organization of Afro-American Unity

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and the Cairo unit of Malcolm's Organization of Afro-American Unity (179).

Towards an Afro-Arab diasporic culture: the translational practices of David Graham Du Bois

But Malcolm X's evolving political philosophy subsequently led him out of the Nation of Islam and into a new association, the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

PASTIMES: Malcolm X came to town; Chris Upton looks back at the day famous American race equality campaigner Malcolm X visited Smethwick

A couple of years later, he and close friend John Henrik Clarke assisted Malcolm X with the founding of the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Black Fiction's great griot master: John Oliver Killens (1916-1987) ushered in a new era of the African American novel in 1954 and subsequently mentored a whole generation of black fiction talent. So why is most of his work out of print?

Malcolm X was the national spokesperson for the Nation of Islam in the early 1960s, and founder of the Sunni Muslim Mosque, Inc., and the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1964.

The influence of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X on hip hop: "... success and prosperity for the majority of black Americans in the 21st century only will be achieved by a strong coalition of Christians and Muslims who are dedicated to the values of democracy and social justice."

After establishing the orthodox Muslim Mosque Inc., Malcolm formed the ecumenical Organization of Afro-American Unity (O.A.A.U.), and he gave it the slogan "By Any Means Necessary." He never failed to remind audiences that while he didn't advocate violence, he did believe in the right to self-protection, particularly in a country as racially inequitable as the United States.

Malcolm X: The Last Speeches

One of the many strong parts of Toure's book is his chapter on the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU).

Ahati N.N. Toure: John Henrik Clarke and the Power of Africana History: Africalogical Quest for Decolonization and Sovereignty