Dr. Martin Luther King had a dream, and it sounded pretty fucking sweet on the radio. Even a bitter post-everything anarchist ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the anti-rape movement.

Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou across so many sectors. Best known for her autobiographical works about her experience as a Black woman, Angelou also wrote poetry and ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for years.

The civil rights leader gave furious clarity to black anger in the 1960s, but like several of his contemporaries met with a ...

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.

African American civil rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated 60 years ago on Feb. 21, 1965. Malcolm X's life included time spent in the Lansing and Detroit areas in Michigan. Feb. 21 marks ...

It has been 60 years since Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965 in New York City. Attorney Ben Crump, who represents Malcolm X's family, is expected to hold a news conference Friday morning ...

On a special episode (first released on February 13, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: This year marks 60 years since of the assassination of Malcolm X, a civil rights leader who pierced the ...

US black nationalist leader Malcolm ... Bill, and he finally met Martin Luther King, Jr, a civil rights leader whose belief in nonviolent protest was often seen as being in stark contrast with ...