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Paris vs Poorest: Occupy the Throne? Or Rip it From its Foundation?
Released 47 years to the day after the assassination of Malcolm X, Yasiin Bey offers the video for his counternarrative to Jay-Z and Kanye’s luxury rap, club-banger. Equipped with the glyph and all – the stylized Arabic writing for “Yasiin” flashes on the screen throughout the video – the emcee formerly known as Mos Def…
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Talib Kweli on the Legacy of Dr. King and Malcolm X
“Without trying to disrespect anybody’s beliefs, [Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X] are our prophets for our generation,” Kweli said. “In the scope of history, they haven’t been gone for too long. Someone asked me ‘Do you think the spirit of King is in hip-hop?’ And if you think about it, hip-hop wouldn’t exist…
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New book revisits assassination of Malcolm X, names alleged triggerman
Forty-six years after Malcolm X predicted his own assassination, the question of who pulled the trigger remains unanswered among many scholars who study his life.
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Malcolm X’s view on HBCU’s
A short clip from an appearance by Malcolm X on a television show in Chicago called “City Desk” on March 17, 1963.
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Malcolm X’s killer is released after 44 years in prison
Thomas Hagan, the only man who admitted his role in the 1965 assassination of iconic black leader Malcolm X, was paroled Tuesday
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Happy Birthday Malcolm X
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)