Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X (also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) following a ...

"My mother kept pictures, paintings of him everywhere in ... tragedy into a place of triumph" by establishing the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center in New York ...

a hip outlaw, a studious jail bird, a disciplined Muslim and a man of the people who brought a message whose time had come. Browse through this gallery of photos from throughout Malcolm X's life.

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.