William Strickland, civil rights activist and friend of Malcom X, dead at 87

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. Strickland, whose death April 10 was confirmed by a relative, first became active in civil rights as a high schooler in Massachusetts.

He made incredible contributions to the Black freedom movement that haven't really been appreciated,' Blackmer said. 'His contention was that civil rights wasn't a sufficient framework for challenging the systems that were behind the oppression of Black communities throughout the diaspora.' Strickland joined the Boston chapter of the Northern Student Movement in the early 1960s, which provided support to sit-ins and other protests in the South.

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