William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcom X, has died

William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcom X, has died

William Strickland laughs in a 2016 photo taken in Austria. The longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcom X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died.

BOSTON — William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcom X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died. He was 87.

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