Drs. Hate and Todd Steven Burroughs hosted this edition of iMiXWHATiLiKE! which featured interviews with Dr. Quito Swan who discussed further his work on Black Power in the Pacific and Salah Matteos about his amazing life’s work with Malcolm X, Amilcar Cabral and Cheikh Anta Diop. We also got an update from Joe Torres on…
Read moreLineages of Black History: A (Too Brief) Conversation with Bob Rhodes
Bob Rhodes is a legendary self-proclaimed (accurately) “idea man” who prefers the background to the limelight. He is one of the most brilliant still-living true Black Leftists who has yet maintained strong ties with the Black nationalist community. I had a chance to capture this portion of a conversation we had in the office of…
Read moreKilling the Idea After the Man: Revolution as an Idea 50 Years After Malcolm X
This was a talk given February 26, 2015 at California State University, Dominguez Hills.
Read moreMalcolm X's Final Years
// From teleSUR: “On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, “Malcolm’s Final Years” takes a look at his life and times, political evolution, and ongoing legacy. The militant African-American leader, who continues to inspire generations of young fighters in the United States and other countries, was evolving from a narrow nationalist stance…
Read moreBlack, Brown and Woman: Afro-Latinas and Legacies of Imperialism
Charo Mina-Rojas talks African history in Latin America and the specific struggles of Afro-Latinas in Colombia. Mina-Rojas works with the Afro-Colombian Human Rights Campaign and the Afro-Colombian Solidarity Network.
Read moreBranding Malcolm X
Ilyasah Al-Shabazz, the daughter of Malcolm X, was quoted recently as saying that, “It was when I was watching the second Obama inauguration that I started to really worry that my father was being written out of history…” Her comment speaks to the concern discussed in this presentation by Dr. Jared Ball, the branding of…
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