Malcolm X
Searching for meaning, Michael meets the man who will forever change his life, Malcolm X; thus reinventing himself from a criminal hustler into a Black Power leader for the UK.
It鈥檚 1965 and Michael is searching for a higher meaning to life. In London he meets the man who will change his life forever, Malcolm X. They travel together to Smethwick on the outskirts of Birmingham to protest the racial actions of the local Conservative council. Just 11 days later Malcolm is assassinated in Harlem, New York.
Inspired by Malcolm鈥檚 example, Michael reinvents himself from the opportunist hustler into a black activist leader for Britain. Founding RAAS (the Racial Adjustment Action Society), he becomes Michael X.
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Who Was Michael X?
The intriguing story of the once famous Black British activist you鈥檝e never heard of
