Malcolm X
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.
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- 2024 · Soundtrack to a Coup d'État as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Four Died Trying: Prologue as
- 2023 · La Californie ! as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Stand as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali as Self
- 2021 · Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade as Self
- 2020 · John Lewis: Good Trouble as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Da 5 Bloods as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2019 · Who Killed Malcolm X? as
- 2019 · Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · What's My Name | Muhammad Ali as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · Barney's Wall as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Apollo as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Robert Penn Warren: A Vision as
- 2018 · Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 · Explained as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · Burn Motherfucker, Burn! as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · I Am Not Your Negro as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · 13th as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Lemonade as Self (voice) (uncredited)
- 2013 · The Trials of Muhammad Ali as
- 2010 · COINTELPRO 101 as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Black Power Salute as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · King: Man of Peace in a Time of War as Self (archive footage)
- 2001 · A Huey P. Newton Story as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2001 · The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · Muhammad Ali The Whole Story as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · All Power to the People! as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 · Death Scenes 2 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992 · Black Women, Sexual Politics and the Revolution as Himself (archive)
- 1990 · The FBI's War on Black America as Self (archive footage)
- 1983 · Frontline as Self (archive footage)
- 1980 · A Decade of Struggle as Self
- 1975 · Born of the People: Ho Chi Minh and Malcolm X as
- 1974 · Muhammad Ali: The Greatest as Self (archive footage)
- 1972 · Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
- 1970 · a.k.a. Cassius Clay as Himself
- 1967 · A Tribute to Malcolm X as Self (archive footage)
- 1967 · Black Liberation as Self
- 1961 · Walk in My Shoes as Self
- 1959 · The Hate That Hate Produced as Himself
- Future · America's Woman as Self