Out of curiosity, I entered that address into Google maps, getting a building a block down from Trump Towers. The heart of Manhattan. A very high rent district. Wondering about the area in 1962... 54 years ago...
Found- The Africa-America Institute (the letter "n" dropped from the word American)
http://www.aaionline.org/
The African-American Institute, predecessor organization to The Africa-America Institute, was established in 1953 in Washington D.C.
Dr. Horace Mann Bond, the first black president of Lincoln University, and Professor William Leo Hansberry, a professor at Howard University, along with others found an organization known today as the Africa-America Institute (AAI).
http://www.aaionline.org/about-aai/interactive-historical-timeline/
1961
Launched African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU)
AAI initiated the African Scholarship Program of American Universities (ASPAU), an undergraduate education program, in collaboration with African governments, U.S. universities and the United States Government.
[ Nondescript image below... but, the thought occurred to me that there must be an archive that could be explored, and it's possible that you and your colleagues already have plumbed the depths. ] (my words)
There is a book entitled THE ROCKEFELLERS, co-authored by David Horowitz, in a footnote he writes, (paraphrased)The Africa-America Institute, with funds from the Rockefeller Brothers Trust (Standard Oil) and assistance from the CIA, from the early 1950’s on, arranged for the education in the US of thousands of foreign students, many from Africa.
The only copy of their newsletter I have access to, is from 1976. It shows Percy Sutton (Malcolm X Lawyer) with Dana Creel from the Trust. In 1976, Betty Shabazz was also on the Board.
It would be interesting to see the student lists from commencement of the program. The Africa-America Institute might have provided some funds to this student, but the reason he wasn’t on the first airlift was because he would not have passed muster. He had an arrest record. Minor, I gather, but none the less he would not have qualified.
Cora Weiss who insisted he was part of the first airlift was forced to recant and admit he wasn’t on it. She should have known. She and Malcolm X met the first contingent in September 1959, and the Kenyan had already arrived in August.
It’s just one lie after another. I notice you spotted the name change.
