If you were around in the early ’90s you saw a whole lot of baseball caps emblazoned with a simple capital “X.” They marked an ingenious marketing stroke on the part of filmmaker Spike Lee, who would ...
The National Book Award-winning author shows young readers a humane political philosophy that many adults still fail to appreciate. Back cover illustration for “Malcolm Lives!”Credit...Manon Biernacki ...
On this day 100 years ago, the man who would become Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Neb. His message and legacy continues to outrage some and inspire many. One hundred years ago today, Malcolm Little was ...
It’s been 100 years since Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and 60 years since he was assassinated. His expansive legacy is the focus of a new book written by journalist Mark Whitaker. He sat ...
Had he lived, Malcolm X would have turned 100 years old on May 19, 1925. One century later, the religious leader and advocate for Black nationalism continues to spark conversation and action. “The ...
A prophetic voice was birthed into the world on May 19, 1925, to the parents of the Rev. Earl and Mrs. Louise Little — an infant named Malcolm Little. Over the course of a brief yet impactful lifetime ...
1965 was a banner year for reading. Malcolm X had just been assassinated in New York City’s Audubon Ballroom. The shock waves of a decade of political assassinations — Medgar Evers, John F. Kennedy, ...
Throughout American history, the assassination of Black leaders has served as a tipping point, igniting the greatest fears of Black Americans and rocking the moral consciousness of people concerned ...
Mark Whitaker's new book deftly traces Malcolm X's enduring cultural impact six decades after he was assassinated. (Bettmann Archive via Getty Images) If you were around in the early ’90s you saw a ...