William Strickland, civil rights activist and friend of Malcolm X, dies aged 87

Civil rights activist William Strickland has died (Rene Wieland via AP)

William Strickland, a longtime civil right activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcolm X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died. He was 87.

Mr Strickland, whose death on April 10 was confirmed by a relative, first became active in civil rights as a schoolboy in Massachusetts.