The Real Malcolm X

The story

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 Malcolm and interviews with family, friends, colleagues, scholars, and writers. CBS documents Malcolm's move from being Elijah Muhammad's deputy in the Nation of Islam to his embrace of Islam: his new links with the civil rights movement posed a real threat to the powers that be. CBS details his death after secret FBI acts to increase the rift between Muhammad and Malcolm. Maya Angelou, Dick Gregory, and Andrew Young offer trenchant comments. "He was our manhood," eulogized Ossie Davis.

Cast

D Dan RatherSelf - Narrator / Interviewer M Maya Angelou C Chuck D J James Farmer D Dick Gregory L Lionel Hampton C Clarence Jones Q Quincy Jones B Betty Shabazz W Wesley Snipes M Mario Van Peebles M Malcolm-Jamal Warner

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K Keenen Ivory Wayans A Andrew Young W Walter Cronkite O Ossie Davis J J. Edgar Hoover J John F. Kennedy R Robert F. Kennedy T Ted Kennedy M Martin Luther King Jr. M Malcolm X E Elijah Muhammad J Jacqueline Kennedy