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The final year

    Black and white photo of Malcolm X in 1964. He is standing, wearing a light corduroy jacket, a white shirt, and a dark tie. His head is tilted to his left side. Emblematic of his break with the Nation of Islam, he now has a trimmed moustache connected to a small goatee, forming a circle.

    This photo was taken after Malcolm X’s pilgrimage to Mecca in 1964. His moustache and goatee signified his break with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. In January 1965 Paul Robeson Jr. mediated what would have been the first meeting between Paul Sr. & Malcolm X. The Robeson–Malcolm exchange never happened, as Malcolm was assassinated a month later in Harlem.

    1964
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    World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division