A black and white photograph of three men seated around a table with microphones conversing.

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Artist Cecil Layne (American, 1911 - 1990)

Date1964

Mediumgelatin silver print

DimensionsSheet: 8 1/16 × 10 inches (20.5 × 25.4 cm)

MarkingsStamped on the back center, "PHOTO BY / CECIL LAYNE"

Credit LineBequest of Stan Flagg.

Object number2018.1.12

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Copyright© The Estate of Cecil Layne. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws. Label TextMalcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. These two primary-source documents provide insight into Malcolm X’s final year of life. The photograph, taken by Cecil Layne, a renowned African American photographer and President of the Negro Press Photographers' Association, documents Malcolm X on Harlem-based WLIB radio station panel with George Goodman, George Schuyler, and Allan Morrison, dated July 4, 1964.

Subject MatterWLIB radio station, Harlem, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

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