Malcolm X – a dream born out of rage

Malcolm X, a celebrated though controversial figure within African-American and Muslim American communities for his pursuit of racial justice was born 100 years ago. He was a divisive force in the civil right movement, preaching racism and violence and was assassinated when he was only 40 in the midst of the febrile 1960s which also saw the killings of JFK, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King.  He was born on 19 May 1925 at 10.25pm Omaha, Nebraska, (birth certificate) with a Baptist minis