Redd Foxx
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John Elroy Sanford, better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movemen
Foxx in 1966
Redd Foxx in 1977
Redd Foxx' Las Vegas headstone, 2024
Malcolm X
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Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered t
Redd Foxx
…Foxx performed on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show as part of the Jump Swinging Six. In the 1940s, he befriended Malcolm Little, later known as Malcolm X, a fellow dishwasher at Jimmy's Chicken Shack in Harlem. Both men had reddish hair, so Sanford was called "Chicago Red" after his hometown and Malcolm…
Malcolm X in 1964
A Boston police mug shot of Malcolm taken in 1944, following his arrest for larceny
Malcolm X speaking to members of the African-American Students Foundation. (1959)
Muhammad Ali (second row, in dark suit) watches Elijah Muhammad speak, 1964