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 moreThe Missing Chapters of Malcolm X
It was a pleasure to be back again with Ka’ba and WPFW 89.3FM in Washington, DC for this discussion with A. Peter Bailey about Malcolm X, the “missing chapters” of his autobiography and the recent article about it all in the New York Times.
Read moreThe Plot to Kill Malcolm X: Karl Evanzz and the 25th Anniversary of the Judas Factor
Author and journalist Karl Evanzz joined us again to discuss the newly released and updated special 25th anniversary of The Judas Factor: The Life and Death of Malcolm Shabazz. https://imixwhatilike.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Evanzz25th.mp3
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…
Read moreMore Discussion of Manning Marable’s Malcolm X
Our recent book talk at the University of Maryland (2-18-15) Get a copy of A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X from Black Classic Press! – More from Dr. Todd Steven Burroughs can be found at Drums In the Global Village.
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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