(African American)Store display for "Malcolm X Air Fresheners: Eliminate stale odors by any means necessary"No placec.1960s



Cardboard back on which are two portraits of Malcolm X (one with a raised fist), to which are stapled 31 rectangular air freshers, black with a large white X, each 11.5x8.5 cm (4½x3 ¼"), each in its own cellophane packet. The display board measures 46x46 cm (18 ¼x18 ¼").



Fascinating relic of the tumultuous sixties, About a third of the air fresheners that would have originally been present have been removed, undoubtedly sold - the remaining examples have that fresh odor, with strings for hanging from a car mirror or in the home.