Carmen M. Inniss and Aubrey J. Weeks
Carmen M. Inniss and Aubrey J. Weeks. Photo of Umi's parents before marriage.
Brooklyn, NY
Parent's Church Marriage Certificate
Marriage Certificate of Umi's Parents, Carmen Mae Inniss and Aubrey Joseph Weeks.
Bronx, NY
Page from baby book.
Umi is born Audrey Beatrice Weeks
Harlem, NY
(Not so) First Baby Picture
Photo of 4 month old Umi in Prospect Park taped in a baby book.
Brooklyn, NY
With Family
Photo of new family home in Queens, NY.
Jamaica, NY
Auditions at Carnegie Hall for membership in National Fraternity of Student Musicians
Newspaper clipping on trip to Carnegie Hall to join a piano fraternity.
New York, NY
Becomes State Member of National Piano Playing Auditions
Photo with fellow students and teacher Wilson King after becoming state members of National Piano Playing Auditions.
Queens, NY
Junior High School Diploma and Class Photo
Junior High School Diploma and class picture. Umi was among the first group of Black students to integrate Louis Pasteur JHS '67 in NYC.
Little Neck, NY
Reads Autobiography of Malcolm X
Video clip where Umi describes reading the autobiography of Malcolm X and its impact on her.
Queens, NY
High School Graduation
Graduation. Yearbook photo with Umi's annotations.
Queens, NY
Plays Felicity in "The Blacks"
Photo during peformance of the play 'The Blacks' by Jean Genet while a student at Ohio State University.
Columbus, OH
Graduate
Photo from graduation with bachelors and masters degrees in education from Ohio State University.
Columbus, OH
Becomes Amina Amatul Haqq
Video clip of Umi's telling her conversion story.
Stromville, NY
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Father Becomes an Ancestor
Photo of father's headstone.
Queens, NY
Gives lecture: The Role of of the Muslim Woman in The Home and In Society
Photocopy of speech likely delivered at a dawah event sponsored by the organization, Muslim Educational Action and Resource Committee, of which she was a member.
New York, NY
First Marriage
Photo of Umi and husband at wedding reception + Kodakchrome
Brooklyn, NY
First Child
Family portrait with mother and first child, Su'ad.
Queens, NY
Moves to Brooklyn
Ebbets Field Tenants Association membership card.
Brooklyn, NY
Begins Teaching
Photo with ESL students at IS 320 in Brooklyn, NY.
Brooklyn, NY
Second Child
Family Portrait taken at Sears after birth of second daughter from second marriage.
Brooklyn, NY
Becomes Hajjah Amina
Photo taken in front of the Prophet Muhammad's masjid in Madina, Saudi Arabia while performing the hajj.
Saudi Arabia
NEMWA
Program cover for first annual conference of the Northeast Muslim Women's Alliance. Continuing her tradition of activism and Muslim women's leadership, Umi was a founding member of NEMWA and served as outreach chair.
Queens, NY
Becomes Hajjah Amina
Photo collage of Umi's younger brother Aubrey J. Weeks in 1974 and in the late 1990s.
Brooklyn, NY
Amina Haqq Day Declared in Queens
Declaration of Honor making September 16th, 2008 Amina Haqq day in Queens, NY. Delivered at the first Iftar at Queens Borough Hall.
Queens, NY
Mother Becomes an Ancestor
Flyer for memorial for Carmen Weeks held at her home.
Queens, NY
Becomes an Ancestor
Reimagined funeral program cover. Pencil drawing of Umi by Savera Iftikhar.
Queens, NY