Malcolm X: A Search for Identity

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This installment of "Biography" tells the complete story of controversial African American orator Malcolm X, beginning with his childhood in the segregated America of the Jazz Age and following his early years as a leader in the Nation of Islam. Interviews, photos and film footage reveal a life of continuous growth and change cut short by assassination -- just as greater possibilities seemed to be on the horizon.

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