CBS News looks at Malcolm X focusing on his public life from 1959 to his assassination in 1965 suggesting that his death was a great loss to the nation The film intercuts archival footage of ...

Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm became a gangster ...

This installment of Biography tells the complete story of controversial African American orator Malcolm X beginning with his childhood in the segregated America of the Jazz Age and following his ...

Following his incarceration, his conversion to Islam, his activism and his assassination, this film truly takes you through ...

A foster child and street hustler who went on to become a world leader, Malcolm X electrified some audiences and terrified others with his aggressive brand of Islamic teachings and black nationalism.

One other thing set The Autobiography of Malcolm X apart: its subject would not live to see book published — just as he had predicted. Alex Haley retired after 20 years with the Coast Guard in ...

Malcolm Little changed his name to Malcolm X when he became a member of the Nation of Islam. He rejected the surname that had been given to his family by the people that had enslaved them.