Malcolm X was invited by the Indian Worker's Association to Smethwick to help rally support against the racial issues at the time. Below is a report on his visit. We will also be adding interviews in due time from contributors who invited him here, about the motivations for inviting him and the impact he made.

The Guardian recently wrote an article about the event: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/15/britains-most-racist-election-smethwick-50-years-on