Malcolm X

Davis: X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
The libretto may creak a little but the Berg-influenced orchestral writing and jazzy solos are powerful in this performance of a historically significant work
Andrew Clements
03, Nov, 2022 @4:00 PM

New York to pay $36m for wrongly convicting two men of Malcolm X killing
Payments to follow exoneration of Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam who both spent decades in prison
Associated Press
30, Oct, 2022 @10:31 PM

Malcolm X’s former prison cell becomes first of 1,000 planned ‘freedom libraries’
The first of 1,000 planned ‘Freedom Libraries’ opens in the Massachusetts prison where the campaigner was incarcerated in the 1940s
Alison Flood
07, Dec, 2021 @2:24 PM

Malcolm X’s daughter Malikah Shabazz dies aged 56
Shabazz was found unconscious by her daughter inside their Brooklyn home on Monday afternoon, New York police said
Gloria Oladipo in New York
23, Nov, 2021 @3:46 PM

Two men convicted in assassination of Malcolm X to be exonerated
Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam to be cleared as prosecutors say authorities withheld evidence
Alexandra Villarreal and agencies
17, Nov, 2021 @6:31 PM

Blood Brothers: the friendship and fallout of Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali
In a new Netflix documentary, film-maker Marcus A Clarke explores the relationship between the two civil rights figures
Radheyan Simonpillai
09, Sep, 2021 @6:16 AM

The invention of whiteness: the long history of a dangerous idea
The long read: Before the 17th century, people did not think of themselves as belonging to something called the white race. But once the idea was invented, it quickly began to reshape the modern world
Robert P Baird
20, Apr, 2021 @5:00 AM

From Magna Carta to Malcolm X: sites that shaped British civil rights
Pay tribute to brave campaigners, the first trade unionists, gay rights protesters and suffragettes at these landmark places around the UK
Joe Bindloss
29, Mar, 2021 @5:30 AM

The women who shaped Malcolm X
Around the anniversary of his death, we spoke to the civil rights icon’s daughter about the women who were a vital influence on him
Aina J Khan
26, Feb, 2021 @10:00 AM

Malcolm X family says letter shows NYPD and FBI conspired in his murder
Ex-undercover officer claims in posthumous letter he was pressured to lure Malcolm X’s security men into committing crimes
Oliver Laughland
21, Feb, 2021 @6:28 PM

'The humanity of black characters is often forgotten': behind Oscar-tipped One Night in Miami
In an acclaimed new film, the story of a night between four major figures – Malcolm X, Sam Cooke, Jim Brown and Muhammad Ali – is brought to life
David Smith in Washington
13, Jan, 2021 @7:22 AM

One Night in Miami review – Regina King’s electrifying directorial debut
An imagined conversation between young black trailblazers Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke when they met in 1964 speaks powerfully to the present
Simran Hans
10, Jan, 2021 @8:00 AM
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