Malcolm X and the Hip-Hop Generation
The 50th anniversary since the Feb. 21, 1965, assassination of Malcolm X ��� El-Hajj El Malik Shabazz; and had he survived the murderous intent of his enemies, this world renown iconic leader would have turned 90 years young on May 19th, 2015.
Troubled Life in MALCOLM X’s Shadow Comes to a Violent End
Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, died in Mexico City on Thursday night after spending much of his life seeking to make peace with his own past and that of his famous family.. Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, dies in Mexico City after being assaulted outside bar; Shabazz, who earned notoriety at 12-years-old after setting fire that killed his grandmother, spent much of his life trying to make peace with his past and come to grips with his famous heritage.
Malcolm X commemorated on his 90th birthday
Hundreds commemorated the 90th birthday of assassinated civil rights leader Malcolm X in New York on Tuesday. His daughters Ilyasah, Malaak and Gamilah Shabazz were among those who attended the ceremony at the Shabazz Center, formerly known as .
10 Historic Black Icons Describe Chance Encounters With.
On Malcolm Xs birthday, we researched celebrities who describe meeting Malcolm X during the Civil Rights Movement.
Happy 90th birthday Malcolm X: Hear his words on the state.
Malcolm X was one of the greatest leaders of all-time. On his birthday, we thought it might be best to reflect on the contributions of this outstanding leader. Here is video of his interview at The University of California at Berkeley��.
Kiyama Movements focus on Malcolm X inspires, challenges New Haven students
Kiyama Movements focus on Malcolm X inspires, challenges New Haven students. Attorney Michael Jefferson, a human rights activist and founder of The Kiyama Movement, right, explains the Kiyama self-improvement program for young men, particularly .
MALCOLM X Trove Hidden During Feud
A court dispute over the estate of Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, has kept some of his writings from being published.
Fidel Castro Slept Here
The Hotel Theresa, built at 125th Street and Seventh Avenue in 1913, has symbolized the aspirations of Harlem and housed Fidel Castro.
50th Anniversary of Malcolm Xs Assassination: His Legacy.
February 21st marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X. On this occasion, take a look back at this African-American civil rights activists life and legacy.
Malcolm X: Celebs Celebrate His Extraordinary Life On His Would Be 90th B-Day
One of the most influential African-American men in history, Malcolm X, would have been 90-years-old today, May 19, 20015 and Twitter is blowing up with fond memories of the late activist. To honor and celebrate Malcolm Xs extraordinary life, many.
Why Malcolm X Still Speaks Truth to Power - Smithsonian
Malcolm X was music in motion. He was jazz in motion, and, of course, jazz is improvisation, swing and the blues. Malcolm had all three of those things. He could be lyrical and funny and, in the next moment, hed shift and be serious and push��.
Media outlets ignored Malcolm Xs birthday, but these black.
Malcolm X was arguably the greatest black leader in American history and maybe one of the greatest Americans of all-time. Doshon Farad, reporting for Your Black World, joined the tour of the gravesite with thousands of��.
MALCOLM X ��� ���Who Taught You To Hate Yourself?���
Malcolm X delivers a rousing and controversial speech focused on self hate in the black community on May 5, 1962 in Los Angeles. R.I.P. Malcolm X Posted By: @QWorldstar.
On Eve of Redefining Malcolm X, Biographer Dies
Manning Marable worked for two decades on a re-evaluation of Malcolm X’s life that is said to contain many revelations.
Yuri Kochiyama, Rights Activist Who Befriended MALCOLM X, Dies at 93
Mrs. Kochiyama, a Harlem activist who was interned with other Japanese-Americans in World War II, cradled a dying Malcolm X after he was shot.. Yuri Kochiyama, a civil rights activist who formed an unlikely friend with with Malcolm X, dies at age 93.
For Youths, MALCOLM X Is Reflection and Identity
Monique Callenders classroom sat hushed in the darkness of a Harlem moviehouse yesterday. And when the credits rolled at the end of Spike Lees latest film, Malcolm X, the teen-ager burst into vigorous applause with 300 other students. For Ms. Callender, a 19-year-old high school junior on a field trip to see the epic film, Malcolm X sketched out a rich portrait of a man whose life has been the subject of her African-American literature class at Montclair High School in New Jersey.
Half a Century Later, MALCOLM Xs Words on Police Brutality Are Just as.
Tuesday would have been the 90th birthday of Malcolm X, the civil rights leader whose impassioned, fiery rhetoric deconstructing white supremacy ��� a topic on which he shifted approaches throughout his life ��� made him one of the most polarizing.
Celebrating Malcolm Xs 90th Birthday Through Collective Courage and Not.
As the celebrated scholar James Cone pointed out, the way we often remember Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X forces us to ask whether America should be seen as a dream or a nightmare. But rarely are things so simplistic. Few choose remember that .
HIstory: Malcolm X born, mob attacks Freedom Riders
May 19, 1925: Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Neb. In prison, he became a follower of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad but split with him prior to a 1964 pilgrimage to Mecca, where Malcolm X accepted followers of all races. In 1965.
The words of Malcolm X speaking on police brutality are.
On April 27, 1962, the LAPD murdered Brother Ronald Stokes, a friend of Malcolm X and a new member of the Nation of Islam. Ronald Stokes was a Korean War veteran. As many as seven other members of the Nation of��.
Critics Picks: MALCOLM X
A. O. Scott reviews Spike Lees biopic about Malcolm X, whose repeated acts of self-transformation inspired the young Barack Obama.
MALCOLM X: By Whatever Means Necessary
Malcolm X was a well respected speaker and political activist when he was assassinated by agents and factions of the United States government. There exists much evidence that proves the FBI had a special interest in the actions of Malcolm��.
Biography Revives Push to Reopen Malcolm X Case
“Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” by Manning Marable, is at the center of a renewed effort that may well gain traction because the legal environment has changed.
Malcolm X: Spike Lees biopic is still absolutely necessary.
Divided into three parts, it charts the early days of X (then Malcolm Little) as a zoot-suited neer-do-well marauding in Boston and Harlem; the transformative jail years when he converted to Islam; and, finally, his development��.
Yasiin Bey (AKA Mos Def) Speaks on MALCOLM X With UCI Hip-Hop Professor.
The resurgence of Malcolm X is back at its highest point since the early 90s when people proudly sported X caps while producers sampled his speeches for rap songs. Conversations and debates about the black liberation figure sparked anew with the .
MALCOLM X Daughter Accused of Theft
Malikah Shabazz was arrested in North Carolina after officials discovered a 2009 Queens warrant accusing her of stealing from a family friend.
MALCOLM Xs 90th Birthday ��� Celebs Tweet Kind Messages.
One of the most influential African American men in history, Malcolm X, would have been 90-years-old today, May 19, 20015 and Twitter is blowing up with mentions of his name!
Boston changed Malcolm X, and Malcolm X changed me.
Malcolm X was the subject of that book. Boston changed his life, and mine as well. On October 29th, 1965, nearly 50 years ago, The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley saw the light of day. Decades before, a young Malcolm Little arrived in Boston.
Keeping MALCOLM X alive
In the pantheon of heroes painted on the walls of South Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago and New York, Malcolm X is a stern, somewhat ghostly presence. Hes there, but not as frequently as the sunnier examples of civil rights leadership: Martin Luther.
Museum of the African Diaspora Offers Anecdotal Evidence of a Homesick Humanity
The San Francisco center is a crucible of cultural identity, commemorating its peoples tragedies and achievements to others.
Remembering MALCOLM X on His 90th Birthday
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Words of Praise, and Loss, for Malcolm X’s Grandson
Looking beyond the troubles of his youth, family and friends remembered Malcolm Shabazz, who was fatally beaten on May 9 in Mexico City, as a reflection of his grandfather.. Family and friends attending funeral of Malcolm Shabazz, who was fatally beaten on May 9 in Mexico City, remember him as a refection of his grandfather Malcolm X.
MALCOLM Xs message of liberation resonates today - RT.com
Malcolm X, one of the most influential figures of recent history, developed an uncompromising political strategy based on studying the revolutions of oppressed peoples of color around the globe. Malcolm���
Manning Marable, Historian and Social Critic, Dies at 60
Mr. Marable, a leading scholar of black history and critic of American social institutions, wrote a biography of Malcolm X that is to be published on Monday.
Ratio Juris: Malcom X: May 19, 1925 ��� February 21, 1965
[T]oward the end of his life [Malcolm X] argued that blacks should put aside religious and philosophical differences and recognize they had a common oppressor. Antiblack racism, he argued, negatively affects all blacks,��.
MALCOLM X Stared Down The NYPD���And Won
Today, May 19, 2015, marks what would have been Malcolm Xs ninetieth birthday. His life was cut tragically short in 1965, however, when three Nation of Islam members shot him dead at the Audubon Ballroom in the Washington Heights neighborhood of .
MALCOLM X: Criminal, Minister, Humanist, Martyr
Manning Marable’s biography of Malcolm X draws upon letters, diaries, F.B.I. reports and interviews with contemporaries to trace his career and illuminate his intellectual and spiritual development.
By Any Means Necessary: Remembering Malcolm X on His 90th Birthday
Ninety years ago today, on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He would go on to become one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century. We hear Malcolm X in his words speaking in 1964 ��� half a year before his .
#MalcolmXDay: 20 Quotes Relevant To The Movement Today
Malcolm X remains one of the most important figures of the American Civil Rights Movement, and his transformation into a vocal human rights activist added to his already impressive legacy. The man later known as el-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz came to relax .
Peeling Away Multiple Masks
“Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” by Manning Marable, is a revealing and prodigiously researched biography that vividly chronicles the many incarnations of a complex man and his contradiction-filled evolution.. Michiko Kakutani reviews biography Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable.
Malcolm X Killer Is Freed on Parole
Thomas Hagan, the last person still serving a sentence in the civil rights leader’s 1965 assassination in Harlem, and the only one to confess his role, was paroled.
Killing Reveals the Still-Dark Side of a Gentrifying Capital
The beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, was in a district of Mexico City that has not benefited from the city’s recent improvements.. Mexico City Journal; murder of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of Malcolm X, in Mexico City dive bar highlights gulf between well-heeled areas and rundown districts that serve as reminder of citys violent past; murder occurred near Plaza Garibaldi, timeworn tourist district that is home to roving mariachi bands, as well as drunks, prostitutes and hucksters.
10 Historic Black Icons Describe Chance Encounters With.
One of the most iconic figures in American history was born on this day 90 years ago. The legacy of Malcolm X is one that has grown stronger over the years, inspiring generations with his sharp insight and rapid growth on a��.
MALCOLM X: Make It Plain | Civic Media Center
In his lifetime, Malcolm X was many men. Born Malcolm Little, he later became Detroit Red and New York Red -- a hustler, drug pusher, pimp, con man and the head of a Boston robbery ring. After spending time in prison,��.
Happy X Day? The Case Against a Federal Holiday for Malcolm X
There has been no federal holiday designated to honor Malcolm X, and on Tuesday, on what would have been his 90th birthday���in the midst of the continued devaluation of black bodies and the dismissal of black truth���the question on some peoples minds .
MALCOLM X - Black History - HISTORY.com
Find out more about the history of Malcolm X, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com.
Killer of MALCOLM X Is Granted Parole
After 16 failed attempts, Thomas Hagan, the man who admitted to shooting Malcolm X as he lay bleeding, has been given his freedom by the state.
A Digital Critique of a Famous Autobiography
A multimedia project at Columbia, created by the late Manning Marable, combs over the famous 1965 autobiography of Malcolm X.
‘X,’ a Novel About MALCOLM X
A young-adult novel based on the black leaders early years, co‑written by one of his daughters.. Matt de la Pena reviews book X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Kekla Magoon.
TWO STUDIOS PLAN MALCOLM X FILMS; James Baldwin and Louis Lomax Writing Scripts
Hollywood apparently regards Malcolm X as a hot box-office property. Two motion-picture companies are rushing plans for major films based on the life of the black nationalist leader, born Malcolm Little, who was assassinated here Feb. 21, 1965.. Autobiography of Malcolm X, The: Columbia Pictures plans film; 20th Century-Fox planned film Malcolm X noted
Five Arrested During MALCOLM X March in Deep Ellum
Officers say approximately two dozen people were marching for Claim Malcolm X Day through Deep Ellum just before noon. Police confirm to NBC 5 that Timothy Wycoff, 32, Michael Lowe, 35, Rondal Jackson, 23, David Price, 46 and Mikhial Tutsin, 23, .
MSNBC guest says America assassinated Malcolm X.
The official story of Malcolm Xs death is that rival Nation of Islam members killed him because he threatened their political power, but this weirdo black community organizer on MSNBC just blithely blames America for killing��.