Today marks what would have been the 100th birthday of one of the most influential civil and human rights leaders in American history—El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, better known to the world as Malcolm X.

It's been decades since Malcolm X was assassinated, but his legacy has lived on through his six daughters: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah Lumumba, Malikah and Malaak. According to Russell J.

Sixty years since the bullets flew inside the Audubon Ballroom, the echoes of Malcolm X's voice refuse to fade. His words — razor-sharp, unflinching, and drenched in the righteous fire of a people's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Whitaker's new book deftly traces Malcolm X's enduring cultural impact six decades after he was assassinated. (Bettmann ...

SIXTY years ago, on April 3, 1964, Malcolm X delivered the most famous version of this speech at the Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. Amid the intense fight for civil rights in America, ...

The Malcolm X Commemoration Committee will continue to honor Malcolm X’s centennial with a virtual discussion focused on the civil rights leader’s impact on Newark. The online event, titled “Malcolm X ...

In January 1999, the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp bearing the likeness of Malcolm X, acknowledging the broad popular appeal of the late Muslim minister. In a news release, the bureaucrats who ...

On Friday, Ilyasah Shabazz will return to the site of a national tragedy − the place where civil rights icon Malcolm X was gunned down in front of his pregnant wife and young children. For Shabazz the ...

Awol Erizku pays homage to Malcolm X through new and recent works Themes include faith, identity and transformation On view at CAAM through September 7, organized with SCAD Museum of Art For Erizku, ...

The civil rights activist had six children: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malikah and Malaak It's been decades since Malcolm X was assassinated, but his legacy has lived on through his six ...

If you were around in the early ’90s you saw a whole lot of baseball caps emblazoned with a simple capital “X.” They marked an ingenious marketing stroke on the part of filmmaker Spike Lee, who would ...