We continued our tribute to the tradition of Black August this week by airing am important commentary on the subject by Mumia Abu-Jamal,* then hearing from veteran organizer with the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement Kali Akuno who is also a contributor to A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X (Black Classic Press, 2012)….
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We were joined this week by Debbie Louis, author of the classic And We Are Not Yet Saved: A History of the Movement as People and Kali Akuno, author of, Linking the Struggles: Amilcar Cabral and his impact and legacy in the Black Liberation Movement. Our discussion covered under-discussed aspects of the civil rights movement…
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The book isn’t new but this interview is! We talked about the politics of Malcolm X historiography, memory, and ideas even in 2020. Jared A. Ball and Todd Burroughs Dec 22, 2020 A Lie of Reinvention Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X 2012 This is part of our Special Series on Malcolm X and Black Nationalism. In…
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