‘Lost Tapes’ Series Examines Malcolm X Through Rare Footage

‘Lost Tapes’ Series Examines Malcolm X Through Rare Footage

Malcolm X was reviled and adored during his lifetime thanks to his views of black nationalism and “by any means necessary” approach to battle racial discrimination. Following his assassination, the civil rights advocate’s popularity was revived by hip-hop artists in the late 1980s and early ’90s and his image began appearing on clothing, college dorm posters and eventually in a Spike Lee 1992 biopic.

Now a Smithsonian Channel documentary is examining the life of Malcolm X through rare footage from his speeches and media interviews to let the slain leader speak to a new generation using his own words.
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