WUSTL Film and Media Archive

Title Work

Title No: 14103

Title: Portrait of Malcolm X in 1940

Medium: Documentation

Original Medium: Photograph

Date: 1940 (Created)

Original Summary:

Portrait of a young Malcolm X shows him standing outside on a street with trees and an unidentified man in the background. He wears a suit and a fedora. The photo was taken around the time he moved from Lansing, Michigan to Boston, Massachusettes.

Countries of Origin: U.S.A.

Forms: Snapshots

Name As Subjects: X, Malcolm

Credits:

	Role	Name
	Compiler	Blackside, Inc.
	Source of Material	Little, Philbert

Notes:

Photo was published in the book, "Malcolm X, make it plain / text by William Strickland," New York : Penguin Books, 1995.  Caption with photo, "Malcolm leaves for Boston, 1940."

Items ^x1

	Item	Description
	14103-1	Photographic : B&W safety film negative

Component Contents ^x1

	Item	Description
	13530-7-14103-12	Safety Film : Positive picture

Contained By ^x1

	Title No	Title
	13530	Malcolm X : Make it plain [stock photos]