Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) United States, 1958
Malcolm X (1925-1965), a dynamic leader of the black revolutionary movement
who elevated the civil rights struggle to one of human rights.
Many of the principal leaders of the struggle for freedom and human dignity in the United States achieved national acclaim while working in New York. Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglass are ninteenth-centruy leaders who exemplify this tradition, while Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X are among the many New Yorkers who made significant contributions in the twentieth century.