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A remarkable year

black and white photo of Malcolm X, at three microphones, head tilted upward, clean-shaven with closely cropped hair and eyeglasses, wearing a light gray-toned suit or sports coat, white shirt, and dark tie.

Malcolm X during his fateful year of 1964—the year marked by his formal break with the Nation of Islam and his pilgrimage to Mecca.

1964
Attribution/Credit

World Telegram & Sun photo by Ed Ford, LOC Prints & Photographs Division