Malcolm X, half-length portrait, facing right

Malcolm X, half-length portrait, facing right

This is a photograph of Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and later known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm X was an African-American minister and human rights activist during the 1950s and early 1960s. He was the leader and public face of the Nation of Islam, which advocated for black supremacy and racial separation, and he was a strong proponent of Pan-Africanism and black self-determination. After he repudiated the Nation of Islam and its teachings in 1964, Malcolm X was assassinated by Nation members in 1965.

Ed Ford, photographer

Ed Ford, "Malcolm X, half-length portrait, facing right," photograph, March 1964, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, digital reproduction, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c15058 (accessed November 22, 2014).

1964-03-XX

Rose Buchanan

photograph