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?uestlove of the Roots investigates Malcolm X's legacy, 40 years on from his assassination.

While Martin Luther King was after a peaceful end to segregation, Malcolm X was insisting on equal rights - by any means necessary.

A Nation of Islam minister, Malcolm gave up his surname as a protest against slavery and adopted the title X.

Director Spike Lee, author Maya Angelou, MC Jonzi D and MC Rakin from Mecca 2 Medina tell how they were inspired by the absolute revolutionary who refused to hold his tongue.�

Have you learned anything from Malcolm X? How close is the UK to achieving his vision of a fair society? Was he right to demand change "by any means necessary"? Did that help his cause or create enemies of it?

Ben to The Jay
The Uk is radically a different soc to the US. Malcolm X experienced uncomprehensible suffering. Three of his brothers and his father suffered death due to racism. He aimed to liberate africans in america to love themselves and to see that the struggle for equality was going to be difficult and would require some physical struggle as well as the mental. He was reacting against 200+ years of government genocide and terrorism against african americans and therefore his wise words must be taken in the context in which they were spoken. Sadly like most black leaders in America he was assasinated. He was a much-needed counterbalance to MLK passive resistance plea.

oliva mclean
i think that what he did was right for the people of America

JohnD
This is an informative and well done program. Program like these will continue to keep the legacy of good people alive and well. The kids need to experiment with stupid way of living because to understand the good we must know what bad is. It's the job of the adults however to remind them of Malcolm, Marcus, and Martin 3 of the giants of our time, and many will eventually get it. Again, good program.

danielle_3
well i have come from a black school to a white school and white people are racist and believe they are not and until black people start spreading there will still be segergation

Muhammad 'Abdullaah
May Allaah enter my brother Maalik ash-Shabaaz Malcolm X into Paradise. May he also inspire all of you who admire him to investigate the true message of al-Islaam, as he did. I have read his autobiography and accepted Islaam around the same time I read it, I have been to Makkah (Mecca) myself and I now live here in Arabia. I have seen what he himself witnessed in Makkah. I have found the truth as he has. Islaam is the only road to freedom from physical and more importantly, mental, slavery is with the guidance of Allaah, through the the message of Islaam. All praise is due to Allaah...

Fiona
Well how can the UK achieve Malcolm's dream? Let's not forget he believed in the evolution of races (black, white, etc) through reporduction IN SEGREGATION. Whilst Luther King believed in integration acceptance and more importantly, EQUALITY (something I believe myself) surely fair society cannot happen with segregation? Mind you, he moved civil rights forward in America so he definately deserves to be celebrated. As a last point why is there a Martin Luther King Day but not a Malcolm X Day? Yeah, think about it.