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 ...

In "The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America" (to be published May 13 by Simon & Schuster), journalist Mark Whitaker looks at how the influence of the ...

Hundreds gathered at Malcolm X College on Monday to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of its namesake and to honor the legacy of the Black leader and civil rights activist. “Everyone ...

The civil rights icon may have been born more than a century ago this month, but his words will live on forever. Let's take a ...

Malcolm X challenged the violence of US power, abroad and at home. Donté Stallworth writes in Jacobin about how Malcolm’s radical internationalism, from Congo to Palestine, speaks to our moment. This ...

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 air felt electric at McCaw Hall on Saturday for Seattle Opera’s West Coast premiere of “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.” Since debuting in 1986, the work had languished but was recently ...

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 ...