Curator's Notes:

Umi's first masjid home was the Islamic Mission of America, commonly known as State Street Mosque, in Brooklyn, NY. The items in this collection refer to that time in her life from the mid to late 1970s. State Street was established in 1939 by Shaykh Daoud Faisal, also known as Baba Shaykh', and his wife, Khadijah Faisal, also known as Mother Khadijah. They are credited for many things, including establishing a culturally-relevant, Muslim community for Black Muslims of the African diaspora in New York City.