Malcolm X
original name Malcolm Little , Muslim name el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz
died February 21, 1965, New York, New York
Malcolm X.
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African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, who articulated concepts of race pride and black nationalism in the early 1960s. After his assassination, the widespread distribution of his life story—The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965)—made him an ideological hero, especially among black youth.
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