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Spike Lee helmed the 1992 biopic on the activist but was left "broke" after spending "half [his] salary" on it.
For the unversed, the 1992 movie was basically a biography of African-American activist Malcolm X. The movie was reportedly based on the autobiography of an activist who collaborated with journalist ...
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This week, in this year’s Black History Month, it is fitting to remember iconic African-American leader Malcolm X. At the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, on 21 February, 1965 ...
adopting the name "Malcolm X" in recognition that his ancestors' original African name was no longer known. In 1952 the Nation of Islam had four temples and only 400 members. This disappointed ...
May 19: Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little in Omaha ... In Malcolm's words, "For Mr. Muhammad's teachings really to resurrect American black people, Islam obviously had to grow, to grow very ...
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of Malcolm X, Mark Whitaker, author of "The Afterlife of Malcolm X," looks at how the charismatic and defiant Black leader's influence has grown in the decades ...
they targeted African American leaders, like Martin Luther King, like Fred Hampton, like Huey Newton and, of course, they targeted Malcolm X. These records will lay that bare," Crump said.
provides a fresh perspective on six revolutionary African American leaders: Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, Malcolm X, and Ida B. Wells. Buy You can’t ...
In his new book about Malcolm X, Mark Whitaker deftly outlines the slain Black activist's wide-ranging cultural influence and ...
Biograpical epic of Malcolm X, the legendary African American leader. Born Malcolm Little, his father (a Garveyite Baptist minister) was killed by Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm became a gangster ...
Spike Lee felt "depressed" while making 'Malcolm X'. The 68-year-old filmmaker helmed the 1992 biographical drama film about the African-American activist - but Spike was left "broke" after ...