Author, scholar, and leading authority on the assassination of Malcolm X, Baba Zak Kondo, discusses the inaccuracies in the Netflix series, “Who Killed Malcolm X?” and his own misrepresented interviews. Contributors to A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X (Black Classic Press, 2012) will gather to discuss Malcolm’s life, politics, ideas, movements, and…
Read moreThe Assassinations of Malcolm X Literal and Posthumous: A Contributors Roundtable
https://youtu.be/g8qOVhR1MGoContributors to A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X (Black Classic Press, 2012) will gather to discuss Malcolm’s life, politics, ideas, movements, and the attempts to posthumously erase, diminish, or rebrand them. A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X http://www.blackclassicbooks.com/9781… Discussing A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X https://imixwhatilike.org/2019/02/20/……
Read moreNew Books Network Interview: A Lie of Reinvention Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
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…
Read moreMalcolm X’s full story will never be told. These biographies explain why
I am happy to have been quoted in this article from the LA Times (from where the above picture also comes). “’The Autobiography of Malcolm X,’” published shortly after the Black nationalist leader’s 1965 assassination, was both a literary classic and the foundation of his posthumous public image. But that’s been changing in the 21st…
Read moreI am a ‘Malcolm X Voter!’
What follows is my contribution to the collection of essays to be developed on this subject by Blacklash: The Africana Collective (BTAC) for our forthcoming panel discussion and town hall. Please consider freely registering for the event and joining us that evening. powered by Crowdcast Despite many attempts to rebrand, or reinterpret him Malcolm X…
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