US EditionA ‘CBS News Sunday Morning’ Journalist Sheds New Light on Malcolm X
- May 19, 2025, marked the 100th birthday of Malcolm X, a civil rights crusader known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz.
- Malcolm X's early life included leaving school after the eighth grade and time in prison, which led him to join the Nation of Islam and transform his worldview.
- Throughout his 39 years, Malcolm X became a prolific orator, global anti-imperialist, and advocate for Black pride and international human rights solidarity.
- The FBI targeted Malcolm X with COINTELPRO, as he threatened racial capitalism and U.S. Power structures through his expanding internationalism and critiques.
- Malcolm X's legacy inspires contemporary activism and community organizing, emphasized by leaders like Rev. Dr. Heber Brown III who apply Malcolm's lessons of ongoing learning and self-determination.
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Oklahoma City honors Malcolm X with inaugural XFest OKC
OKLAHOMA CITY — It’s time for OKC to give Malcolm X his flowers and join Black people nationwide to celebrate his cultural legacy. The federal government may have only commemorated the sanitized version of Dr. King, but Sunday OKC will remember El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, too. More widely known as Malcolm X, he was willing to be […] The post Oklahoma City honors Malcolm X with inaugural XFest OKC appeared first on The Black Wall Street Times.
Op-Ed: 4 Things I Learned from Malcolm X’s Life and Legacy
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty May 19 marked the centennial birthday of civil rights crusader Malcolm X. While his family was afforded just 39 years with him, his impact reverberates globally more than 100 years after his birth. For those lamenting the direction of the nation, fearing proposed cuts to Medicaid, federal job cuts, and the elimination of efforts to advance equity, Malcolm X’s life and legacy have much to offer. If there is one le…
BLK ALERTS - Op-Ed: 4 Things I Learned from Malcolm X’s Life and Legacy
Source: TIMOTHY A. CLARY / Getty May 19 marked the centennial birthday of civil rights crusader Malcolm X. While his family was afforded just 39 years with him, his impact reverberates globally more than 100 years after his birth. For those lamenting the direction of the nation, fearing proposed cuts to Medicaid, federal job cuts, and the elimination of efforts to advance equity, Malcolm X’s life and legacy have much to offer. If there is one le…
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