A mesmerizing musical biography of civil rights leader Malcolm X infusing history with Afrofuturism will open at New York's Metropolitan Opera on November 3rd. The opera traces the life of one of the 20th century's most influential civil rights orators, including his childhood -- he was born Malcolm Little in 1925 -- and the death of his father, his joining of the Black nationalist group Nation of Islam and adoption of the name Malcolm X, and his assassination in 1965. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES