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Malcolm X
Actor, Additional Credits
Died February 21, 1965 (39 years)
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".
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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".
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Filmography
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · as Self |
| 2023 | Stand · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks · as Self |
| 2022 | Denzel Washington: American Paradox · as Self |
| 2021 | Attica · as Self - Civil Rights Leader |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · 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) |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | John Lewis: Good Trouble · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2019 | The Apollo · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | Guitar, a Six-Stringed Weapon · as Self |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali · as Self |
| 2019 | What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | |
| 2019 | Operation C.H.I.M.P · as Self |
| 2018 | Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists · as Self - Civil Rights Leader |
| 2018 | Explained (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Mr. Soul! · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Burn Motherfucker, Burn! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | 13th · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2016 | Muhammad Ali: The Greatest · as Self |
| 2016 | Lemonade · as Self (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2015 | Requiem for the American Dream · as Self |
| 2015 | Black and Cuba · as Self |
| 2015 | What Happened, Miss Simone? · as Self |
| 2014 | Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown · as Self |
| 2014 | I Am Ali · as Self |
| 2012 | Venus and Serena · as Self |
| 2011 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 · as Self |
| 2010 | Mourir? Plutôt crever! · as Self |
| 2010 | Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible · as Self - Civil Rights Leader |
| 2010 | Cointelpro 101 · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2010 | Motherland · as Self |
| 2009 | Facing Ali · as Self - Nation Of Islam |
| 2009 | Precious · as Self |
| 2008 | Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami · as Self |
| 2007 | Maafa: Truth 2007 · as Self |
| 2007 | King: Man of Peace in a Time of War · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 2007 | Classified X · as Self |
| 2007 | Our Story Our Voice · as Self |
| 2005 | 500 Years Later · as Self |
| 2004 | And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Something the Lord Made · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel · as Self |
| 2001 | A Huey P. Newton Story · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Hendrix · as Self |
| 2000 | Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible · as Self |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi · as Self |
| 1996 | Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1996 | All Power to the People! (the Black Panther Party and Beyond) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Self |
| 1992 | Nina Simone: La légende · as Self |
| 1992 | Death Scenes 2 · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | The Real Malcolm X · as Self - Speeches, Lies In State |
| 1991 | JFK · as Self |
| 1990 | The FBI's War on Black America · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1990 | The FBI's War on Black America · as Self |
| 1989 | Stop the Violence Movement: Self Destruction · as Malcolm X |
| 1983 | Frontline (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1972 | Malcolm X · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1971 | Dynamite Chicken · as Self |
| 1970 | a.k.a. Cassius Clay · as Himself |
| 1969 | Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1959 | CBS Reports (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | The Open Mind (TV Series) · as Self |