This article and interview originally appeared in All About History magazine issue 96. "The Sword And The Shield" by Dr Peniel E Joseph is available from Basic Books. They didn't hold high public ...

It’s been 100 years since Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and 60 years since he was assassinated. His expansive legacy is the focus of a new book written by journalist Mark Whitaker. He sat ...

Today marks what would be the 100th birthday of Malcolm X. The New York Times reported in 2022 that the two men who were wrongfully convicted of killing the civil rights leader were exonerated. The ...

Nearly 60 years after the assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X, his daughters have filed a sweeping $100 million lawsuit against the US government, New York City, and numerous former ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 21, 1965, civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Ballroom in New York.

WASHINGTON ‒ As some educators pull back from teaching Black history, college professor Kijua Sanders-McMurtry is taking a different path. This summer, during a conference break, she typed furiously ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul renamed a Central Park subway station after Malcolm X, the prominent civil rights leader who was a longtime Harlem resident, as part of the city’s Harlem Week celebration.

They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most iconic ...