Manning Marable, an influential historian of the black experience in the United States and the author of a forthcoming biography that will redefine the legacy of Malcolm X., died Friday in New York. He was 60. The Columbia professor spent 20 years working on a bombshell biography of Malcolm X but died Friday, just three […]

Spike Lee’s 1993 film Malcolm X has been chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Malcolm and Martin, closer than we ever thought By John Blake, CNN May 19, 2010 9:38 a.m. EDT A photo of the only meeting between Malcolm X and MLK became a classic. The story behind the photo is even more dramatic. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were drawing closer, scholars say […]