Page 47 - Malcolm X News Today

Trump could never be associated with a banana republic because he’s afraid of bananas,...

Me, look, you know, malcolm x back in the day said the most disrespected person in america is a black woman. that is exactly how a lot of black women felt, that they turned their back not on just jackson but the achievements of black woman. so very strong reaction to that. >> sara sidner, thank you for that reporting. watch every week day at 9:00 eastern only on cnn plus. thats when her show begins to stream every day. of course you can click on it any time you want. a russian missile strike a...

>> especially when they took an oath to protect and defend our constitution. >> why has the administration not been able to get senate democrats on board? >> we are not giving up. >> the question is why has -- >> you are acting as though its over. >> i mean -- >> it is not over. >> it will happen by monday? >> im saying it is not over and we dont give up. >> harris: okay. i dont know what kind of answer that is because hope is not a strategy and craig melvin was pushing her on that. >> you know,...

Because nobody had been shooting me down all my life. >> joining me now, history professor at the university of memphis and also author of the book "sidney poitier, man, actor, icon." thanks for joining me. heartbreaking to think he had to leave the united states, grow up unfettered in the caribbean where he felt comfortable, and he worries if he had come back to the u.s. or grown up in the u.s. he would have had, you know, so many things, controversial, he wouldnt be able to break threw. one as...

A black girl, as i was at the time, seeing this larger than life beautiful woman coming out triumphant at the end was amazing. >> what i love about pam greer is that she is bad ass, but shes sexy at the same time. >> she was really a unique presence at that time. guys interested in her as a sex symbol. people interested in her as a feminist symbol. people interested in her as a movie star. she was that present in the culture. >> people in the black community embraced brew lee primarily because h...

The idea, lets find someone that looks good and well give him the answers. >> you are our new champion for $20,000. >> and that cruelty was something i wanted to show. the power of money and personality. so to me, that was a story that really had to be told. >> we didnt land on plymouth rock. plymouth rock landed on us, landed right on top of us. >> "malcolm x" is spike lees epic. it really felt like the film that he was made to make. and i think he felt a certain urgency in making it. >> spike ...

Citizen, we wouldnt have a racial problem. if the emancipation proclamation was authentic, we wouldnt have a race problem. >> watching a guy like denzel as malcolm x, top of the game, intimidating in many ways. >> mr. becket, come in. >> when we made "philadelphia," he was malcolm x already. that was like starting a movie with marlon brando and having just seen "the godfather" the night before. >> what happened to your face? >> i have aids. >> oh. oh, im sorry. >> "philadelphia" was an important...

Be next? joining us, professor wilfred reilly, shemeka michelle, charles, let me start with you. where are we at with race relations? >> we made obviously great journeys. they dont talk about it enough. he has a high school student who said they are problem with black history month is they only talk about the negatives. every year they teach her with martin luther king, rosa parks, malcolm x. >> what is the history you have lived? >> its great to look at history. the way to move things forward i...

Be next? joining us, professor wilfred reilly, shemeka michelle, charles, let me start with you. where are we at with race relations? >> we made obviously great journeys. they dont talk about it enough. he has a high school student who said they are problem with black history month is they only talk about the negatives. every year they teach her with martin luther king, rosa parks, malcolm x. >> what is the history you have lived? >> its great to look at history. the way to move things forward i...

We hear about different confederate soldiers and generals, every single year. but then we get to black history month, and we hear about rosa parks, malcolm x, and martin luther king, every single year, for 12 years, as if they were the only three black heroes of the country. >> that was part of a really eye-opening conversation for me, that i had in october, in jackson mississippi, as part of our velshi across america series. you heard, she was only taught about the same three historical figures...