Posts tagged Malcolm X

The complex nature of a boy whose life-story begins in immeasurable turmoil only to end as a righteous man who died by the bullet. Revisiting the legacy of Malcolm Little aka el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz : without his contribution to Black self-actualization, the political discourse of Black people worldwide would be quite different. This is why it is important to remember not just his career, but his life story. In 1946, Malcolm Little, a small-time thief, would serve time in Charleston State Prison (later in MCI-Norfolk Prison) for larceny and breaking and entering, facing up to 10 years in the can. …

Two men who were convicted for the murder of Malcolm X in 1965, have now been cleared of all charges by a Manhattan judge. Mohammed Aziz and the Late Khalil Islam were exonerated after over half a century of doubts and myths that swirled around the death of the man who for many is the personification of Black struggle for human rights and dignity. Born Malcolm Little in Nebraska, he has been immortalized as a man who went from thoughtless criminal to militant ascetic; from indignant racist to insurgent humanist, years later, X remains an icon of the struggle for …