By largely ignoring questions of “why” he was killed the new Netflix documentary “Who Killed Malcolm X?” largely ignores the important politics and ideas that made Malcolm X a symbol to this day of international revolutionary struggle. REFERENCED ITEMS: A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X The Unlucky 13th: Liberalizing the Extreme Defining…
Read moreMarvel’s Black Panther: A Comicbook Biography (EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW)
That Time Storm And The Black Panther Led The Fantastic Four: Magic Frogs, Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X By Todd Steven Burroughs [EXCERPTED FROM THE FORTHCOMING (FEBRUARY 2018): Marvel’s Black Panther: A Comicbook Biography, From Stan Lee to Ta-Nehisi Coates,” published by Diasporic Africa Press, 2018.] From 2007 to early 2008, the Panther…
Read moreTa-Nehisi Coates, The Obama Embedded Journalist, Wokes :)
We caught up briefly with Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs to discuss his recent review (see below) of the new book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Obama Embedded Journalist, Wokes 🙂 (Or, How Trump’s Big White Lifesaver Pulled Him Out From Drowning In Kool-Aid) A review/commentary by Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs We Were Eight Years…
Read moreAssessing Black Politics and Struggle with Dhoruba bin-Wahad
Dhoruba bin-Wahad was back with us this week to discuss his recovery, the state of Black politics, media and organization with Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs and the full IMWIL! crew!
Read moreBlack Media to Take Another Hit? The Potential Sale of Howard University's WHUT Considered
Media scholar, author and journalist Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs says the potential sale of Hoard University’s WHUT to the FCC would damage the already worn Black media landscape.
Read moreMalcolm X and The Politics of Historiography with Dr. Scot Brown
Dr. Scot Brown, author of Fighting For US, invited me to discuss A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X with one of his classes at UCLA. Dr. Brown’s class is studying the historiography of Malcolm X and our book is included in that mix. The discussion became a truly interesting one that engaged…
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