On the morning of February 27th, 1965, in his eulogy of Malcolm X, actor and activist Ossie Davis delivered his final praise: “And we will know him for what he was and is - a prince- our own black shining prince- who didn’t hesitate to die, because he loved us so.” These words evoke a picture of the messiah. Davis conveyed a sentiment that so many others believed to be true of Malcolm: that he was a martyr for the black liberation movement. For days, thousands of mourners for