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michael x (1933 - 16 may 1975), born michael de freitas in trinidad and tobago to a portuguese father and a bajan-born mother, was a self-styled black revolutionary and civil rights activist in 1960s london. he was also known as michael abdul malik and abdul malik. convicted of murder in 1972, michael x was executed by hanging in 1975 in port of spain's royal gaol.
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