Malcolm X

Known for ActingBorn 1925-05-19Died 1965-02-21Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history, and in 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The events of his childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance, and his own experiences concerning race played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. By the time he was thirteen, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in a number of criminal activities in Boston and New York City. In 1946, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen. For nearly a dozen years he was the public face of the controversial group. Tension between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of Islam, led to Malcolm X's quitting the organization in March 1964. He subsequently traveled extensively throughout Africa and the Middle East and founded Muslim Mosque, Inc., a religious organization, and the secular Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated Pan-Africanism. Less than a year after he left the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the group while giving a speech in New York. The beliefs expressed by Malcolm X changed during his lifetime. As a spokesman for the Nation of Islam he taught black supremacy and deified the leaders of the organization. He also advocated the separation of black and white Americans, which put him at odds with the civil rights movement, which was working towards integration. After he left the Nation of Islam in 1964, Malcolm X became a Sunni Muslim, made the pilgrimage to Mecca and disavowed racism, while remaining a champion of black self-determination, self defense, and human rights. He expressed a willingness to work with civil rights leaders and described his previous position with the Nation of Islam as that of a "zombie". Description above from the Wikipedia article Malcolm X, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

A Tribute to Malcolm X

La Californie !

Muhammad Ali

Motherland

13th

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

Muhammad Ali The Whole Story

The Real Malcolm X

The FBI's War on Black America

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Explained

What's My Name | Muhammad Ali

Malcolm X

Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali

Orwell: 2+2=5

Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire

Who Killed Malcolm X?

Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

a.k.a. Cassius Clay

Mike Wallace Is Here

Burn Motherfucker, Burn!

Da 5 Bloods

The Apollo

World in Action

Frontline

American Experience

Malcolm X

All Power to the People!

Death Scenes 2

Muhammad Ali, the Greatest

A Huey P. Newton Story

Dynamite Chicken

The Hate That Hate Produced

John Lewis: Good Trouble

Stand

Lemonade

America's Woman

Four Died Trying: Prologue

De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade

Malcolm X and the Sudanese

Barney's Wall

When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X

Robert Penn Warren: A Vision

COINTELPRO 101