MX60 Digital Walk

A digital tour to commemorate Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick in 1965 alongside a mapping of the history of antiracist struggle in the Midlands.

LOOK AT THE MAP HERE

This map was made possible due to archival material from CCARD available at the Library of Birmingham. This map was curated and developed by S. Hans at Legacy West Midlands.

References:
BBC News. “Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick remembered in pictures.” BBC News Birmingham & Black Country. Feb 12, 2015. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31417235

BBC News. “Sikh soldier statue in Smethwick honours WW1 dead” BBC News Birmingham & Black Country. Nov 4, 2018. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-46083728

Blankson, Perry. “When Malcolm X Came to the West Midlands.” Tribune Mag. Mar 10, 2022. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://tribunemag.co.uk/2022/03/malcolm-x-smethwick-peter-griffiths-racism-1965

De Waal, Kit. “Malcolm in the Midlands,” BBC World Service: The Documentary. Podcast audio. Dec 11, 2021. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct2zvp

Jesudason, David. “Breaking the Color Bar — How One Man Helped Desegregate Britain’s Pubs (and Fought for an Anti-Racist Future).” Good Beer Hunting (blog), Mar 16, 2022. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blog/2022/3/16/breaking-the-color-bar-how-one-man-helped-desegregate-britains-pubs-and-fought-for-an-anti-racist-future

Moore, Sam. “Malcolm X and the Midlands.” Verso Books (blog post) Apr 8, 2021. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/5046-malcolm-x-and-the-midlands

Peek, Sitala. “Smethwick Malcolm X plaque 'timely reminder' post riots”, BBC News Birmingham & Black Country. Feb 21, 2015. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-17112209

Rack, Susie. “New Birmingham sculpture celebrates centuries of black British history.” BBC News. May 15, 2023. Accessed Jan 27, 2025. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-65582193

Street, Joe. “Malcolm X, Smethwick, and the Influence of the African American Freedom Struggle on British Race Relations in the 1960s.” Journal of Black Studies 38, no. 6 (2008): 932-950..