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Malcolm X still looms over our current moment. But the version of the man that we meet now is much more human, relatable, problematic and inspirational, for all his flaws.

On the burden of the black public intellectual

With the Metropolitan Operas production of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X," a cultural institution attempts to make sense of a true rebel.

The Blackening excels at subverting the very stereotypes it plays upon for its humour.

Through the stories of four people, the author recounts the rise and fall of the drug and how Black America survived its destructive legacy.

Black athletes have the power to fight anti-Blackness from politicians like Ron DeSantis. They need to use it even more than they already have.

Santi Elijah Holley's 'An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created' tells the full story of the radical Black family that bred late rapper Tupac Shakur.

A recent debunking of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous criticism of Malcolm X offers an opportunity to consider the mission they shared.

"King: A Life," by Jonathan Eig, chisels away the myth of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to reveal new layers and debunk falsehoods. Eig talks about how he got there

The New York Times best-selling author and “master storyteller” eases into a chair to discuss his latest project, a 688-page epic on the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. For six years Eig transformed himself into something more than a biographer. Combing through previously unreleased documents of King’s life to present the martyr as someone who is far greater—and more complex—than the dream he once told the world he had.