Recommended Reading: What do Malcolm X and Richard Wright have in common?--How a Japanese woman links the two

You might have been wondering whether Malcolm X had read Richard Wright or if they had crossed paths.  I haven't been able to verify if Malcolm X read Richard Wright's books but I did know of this one interesting article.  It tells the story of Yuri Kochiyama, a Japanese American woman who was active in the Civil Rights movement and who had Malcolm X's head in her lap when he was assassinated.  She takes Richard Wright's grandson Malcolm on a Malcolm X tour of Harlem.  It's a really cool article.  You should check it out.

Harlem's Japanese Sister