Ali waxed poetic. Malcolm X lit fires with a rhetoric and a spiritual vision that had roots in Marcus Garvey’s Pan Africanism and flourished in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam.

Elijah Muhammad, the Nation's leader, named him national representative, second only to himself. Thanks in no small part to Malcolm X, the sect grew from a few hundred members to about 500,000.

Most folks will forever remember the late Al Freeman Jr. as Capt. Ed Hall, the role he played on the daytime drama One Life to Live. But his performance as Elijah Muhammad in X truly showed what a ...

In 1968 Palm Springs, as the author yearned for the would-be leading man of his Malcolm X screenplay, an era-defining act of ...

The complicated relationship between Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali has been chronicled in a new documentary billed as “Blood Brothers.” Here’s how Netflix describes the 96-minute documentary ...

As recounted in the book, Malcolm X was sent to Atlanta by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad to talk with the Klan about building an all-Black colony in Georgia.

The really big shift in world view for Malcolm X came in 1964 as he gradually broke away from Elijah Muhammad (who was mired in allegations of extramarital affairs) and the NOI and sought to ...

It has been 60 years since Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965 in New York City, and his family is calling for the documents in the case to be declassified. "During this Black History ...

In a rare and illuminating conversation on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with the late Gus Newport, a revered human rights activist and former mayor of Berkeley. While many recognize Newport ...

It was in this atmosphere of racial distrust that Malcolm X set out to perform the Hajj. On 25 April, 1964, he wrote a letter home from Mecca, detailing his Hajj experience. The letter read in part: ...

Malcolm X's former Inkster, Michigan home is being restored to honor the civil rights icon's legacy and enrich the historical narrative of the city. Host Stephen Henderson talks with BridgeDetroit ...