... were best sellers. While not a marching activist, Baldwin emerged as one of the leading voices in the Civil Rights Movement for his literary works on race. After Malcolm X's death Baldwin agreed to write screenplay of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" for Columbia Pictures. He worked closely with Martin L. King, raising funds for the SCLC. Not long after King's death, he resigned the ... ...

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