“We want freedom, by any means necessary. We want justice, by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

He saw violence as a tool of resistance against the oppression of Black people. Malcolm X, who was born 100 years ago, ...

The two Civil Rights leaders had radically opposing but important approaches to the fight for equality, rights and justice ...

One hundred years after his birth, Malcolm X is synonymous, globally, with revolutions and all forms of militant struggle by ...

Malcolm X was immortalized in Spike Lee's biographical movie in 1992. The filmmaker told Newsweek why the life and message of ...

Towards the end of Malcolm X’s ties with the Nation of Islam, several events caused conflict and tension between X and his mentor, Elijah Muhammad. Muhammad had been accused of having sexual ...

Malcolm X was a towering figure in the Black liberation movement of the 1950s and ’60s. Because his adamant stances are ...

During this period, his newfound brother introduced him to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the NOI ... and the national voice of the NOI, Malcolm X articulated a powerful challenge to ...

On his 100th birthday, discover the moments that shaped Malcolm X from his name change and prison education to his human rights vision after visiting Mecca.

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 ...