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Michael X (17 August 1933 – 16 May 1975), [1] born Michael de Freitas, was a Trinidad and Tobago-born self-styled black revolutionary, convicted murderer, and civil rights activist in 1960s London. He was also known as Michael Abdul Malik and Abdul Malik .
Oct 24, 2018 · Michael de Frietas, later known as Michael Abdul Malik and Michael X, was a controversial black revolutionary figure born in Port-au-Spain, Trinidad in 1933. He was mixed-race. Iona Brown, his mother, was working-class and a known African spiritualist in their community in Trinidad.
Oct 25, 2021 · Michael de Freitas, better known as Michael X, was the founder of the Black Power Movement in the UK who fought for the rights of Black people, with support from celebrities including John Lennon...
Oct 30, 2023 · Michael X made a significant contribution to black civil rights in the UK, according to those who knew him and who've studied him. But despite his ability to inspire followers, he failed to leave ...
Nov 4, 2021 · Despite the focus on America’s race relations when we were younger, Michael X is a gripping documentary on a political figure’s rise and fall, disregarded by shame and infamy, and somewhat of an expose on the racial tensions and landscape in 1960’s Britain, an overlooked but highly important period.
May 17, 1975 · PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, May 16 (UPI)—Michael Abdul Malik, who as “Michael X” was a major figure in London's black‐power movement in the nineteen‐sixties, was hanged today in his native ...
Michael X (17 August 1933 – 16 May 1975), born Michael de Freitas, was a Trinidad and Tobago -born self-styled black revolutionary, convicted murderer, and civil rights activist in 1960s London. He was also known as Michael Abdul Malik and Abdul Malik.
Mar 25, 2021 · Michael de Freitas, alias Michael X, alias Abdul Malik was hanged for the murder of Joseph Skerritt in the Royal Gaol in Port of Spain in May 1975.
Aug 19, 2022 · A fascinating documentary series investigating Michael ‘X’ Abdul Malik who became Britain’s most famous Black Power leader of his age, but yet has been forgotten to the folds of...
Michael de Freitas (1933-1975), who changed his name in later life to Adbul Malik and became popularly known as Michael X, was a civil rights activist who played a prominent role in the black rights movement, especially in London in the 1960s.
