Magnum Editions: Malcolm X, Chicago, 1962 Graphic Born to Greek immigrant parents

Born to Greek immigrant parents in the American South

to New York City

and here in Germany an African American soldier was ready to defend the United States

In 1962 Leonard Freed went to Berlin to shoot The Wall being erected

Magnum Editions: Malcolm X, Chicago, 1962 Graphic Born to Greek immigrant parentsEmerging in 1930, the Nation of Islam was a political and religious movement that called for Black Americans to form a separatist and self sufficient society. On assignment to document the group in 1961, Eve Arnold followed the black nationalist movements members and leaders to meetings and rallies, and in particular profiled a senior figure in the group who was to become its most recognizable figurehead of the period: Malcolm X. While his famous