Biography: Malcom X - A Search for Identity (1997) - VHS

Reviews From All Movie Guide Part of the Biography television series from A&E. this documentary reviews the career and personal life of civil rights leader Malcolm X. Born Malcolm Little in Omaha. Nebraska. Malcolm was the son of a Baptist preacher who was a follower of Marcus Garvey. Malcolms father was slain by the Klan-like Black Legionaries. After the eighth grade. Malcolm dropped out of school. headed for a life of crime. He became a proponent of a sect of Islam. popularly known as the Black Muslims. In June 1964. he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity and moved increasingly in the direction of socialism. More sophisticated than in his Black Muslim days and of growing moral stature. he was assassinated by a Black Muslim at a rally of his organization in New York on February 21. 1965. ~ John Patrick Sheehan. All Movie Guide