- Created by
- Parks, Gordon, American, 1912 - 2006
- Subject of
- X, Malcolm, American, 1925 - 1965
- Date
- 1963
- Medium
- silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Image and Sheet): 13 1/8 × 8 7/8 in. (33.3 × 22.5 cm)
- H x W (Mat): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
- Description
- A black-and-white photograph of Malcolm X on a plane, framed by the seats in the row in front of him, leaning his head forward on his left hand and reading a newspaper with the headline "Brothers of the Killers Selected to Judge!"
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Movement
- Civil Rights Movement
- Black Nationalism
- Type
- gelatin silver prints
- Topic
- Civil rights
- Islam
- Photography
- U.S. History, 1961-1969
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2012.107.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Gordon Parks Foundation
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




