Malcolm X News

There's a bumper crop of star-filled revivals coming in the spring. Denzel Washington joins Scarlett Johansson and Abigail Breslin.

A pliable, somewhat paunchy character player of TV and films whose parts increased in size with the advent of middle age, Albert Hall made a strong impression as Baines, the brother who introduces Malcolm Little to.... A pliable, somewhat paunchy character player of TV and films whose parts increased in size with the advent of middle age, Albert ...

William Kunstler was one of the most reviled figures of the 20th Century. For he was an attorney who not only represented controversial causes and unpopular people, but his approach in the courtroom involved exposing the racism and classicism permeating the legal justice system.

Every year the Coalition on Political Assassinations meets in Dallas to commemorate the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Daniel Finkelstein, the ex-editor of The Times wrote a piece on the eve of Obama's election about the key difference between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, arguing that while Martin Luther King's non-violence moved mountains, Malcolm X's violent quest for segregation made him wholly ineffectual.

Spike Lee's always been outspoken -- bashing fellow filmmakers for ignoring black contributions at Iwo Jima or for being too white to direct Malcolm X . Sometimes he has a point, sometimes he's just popping off.

In Section: ON SCREEN >> Costa-Gavras' late-1960s film Z gets the Criterion treatment with the new DVD release this week.

The French-Algerian thriller Z arrived in the United States at the end of a decade marred by political assassinations .

The Novocain has got to wear off for black Americans and progressives. When it does, they will see that President Barack Obama is not their savior.

History took center stage in the University Union's Potomac Lounge on Thursday evening as Rory Kennedy and Ilyasah Shabazz spoke to a capacity crowd of nearly 500 students, faculty, staff and community members.

Peter Tatchell has posted about Black History Month , arguing, in a rather compelling way,that Malcom X's bisexualityshould be openly acknowledged and seen as part of the black liberation movement.

Black History Month should help break down homophobia by celebrating the sexuality of black heroes such as Malcolm X October is Black History Month in Britain a ' a wonderful celebration of the huge, important and valuable contribution that black people have made to humanity and to popular culture.

Ilyasah Shabazz was not quite three years old when her father was killed, but she was still raised by two parents.

Freedom, Rhythm and Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Cover Art 1965-83 , a stunning retrospective of jazz cover art, is about much more than cool-ass graphics, though, that is undeniably a vast part of its appeal.

Throughout history, many have stood aside watching figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X change the lives of millions of minorities.

A few months ago, Jeffery Kissoon and director Paul Morris were in a gym talking about Malcolm X and Martin Luther King when one young man piped up: "Don't worry about them anymore, we've got Obama". The statement left Kissoon shocked and ultimately sparked his decision to bring The Meeting back, a play that brings Malcolm and Luther King together ...

October 10, 2009 - This week, a young man named Kalief Rollins a $10,000 grand prize at the 2009 National Youth Entrepreneurship Competition.

After Salaam Ismial heard about the shootings that rocked the Betty Shabazz apartment complex in Newark - a grandmother and her granddaughter wounded in an August crossfire, a 4-year-old girl injured during another shootout last month - Ismial was dismayed.

At every step of their music industry and lyrical innovation, the hip-hop group Public Enemy has been a magnet for irony.

There's a Downtown firm I've used for some time to process film and videos. Everything from creaky old VHS tapes of my wedding to films of motorcycle races I'd like to preserve have run through the place, but lately I've taken my business elsewhere.