Photographs of Malcolm X as well as Malcolm-inspired images have been pervasive in African American and American cultural discourses. Since Malcolm first began gaining wide esteem during the late 1950s, he has remained a familiar visual presence. His image and likeness have circulated widely over the last decades.

Malcolm X
- 1934/35: in third grade
- 1944: Mugshots
- 1960: Harlem
- 1961: Washington D.C.
- 1961: Chicago
- 1962: New York City
- 1963: New York City
- 1963: Los Angeles
- 1964: in Miami with Muhammad Ali
- 1964: with gun
- 1964: thinking
- 1964: Saturday Evening Post
- 1964: in Washington D.C., with Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1965: London
- 1965: New York

Figures who have played or channeled Malcolm

- 1977: James Earl Jones
- 1979: Al Freeman, Jr.
- 1981: Morgan Freeman
- 1988: KRS-ONE
- 1992: Denzel Washington
- 2001: Mario Van Peebles
- 2003: Brother Mouzone (Michael Potts)
- 2005: Huey Freeman
- 2011: Barack Obama
- 2013: Lindsay Owen Pierre
- 2014: Nicki Minaj
Re-presentations of Malcolm X
- album cover
- buttons
- earrings
- hats
- stamp
- T-shirts