(RNS) — Malcolm X understood something painfully relevant today: The American empire does not just oppress — it manipulates. It does not just colonize — it gaslights. (RNS) — Sixty years ago today, ...

What is the spiritual meaning of America’s high-profile political assassinations of the 1960’s? That’s a question that Birmingham Catholic peace activist, author and retired religion professor Jim ...

This article and interview originally appeared in All About History magazine issue 96. "The Sword And The Shield" by Dr Peniel E Joseph is available from Basic Books. They didn't hold high public ...

African American civil rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated 60 years ago on Feb. 21, 1965. Malcolm X's life included time spent in the Lansing and Detroit areas in Michigan. Feb. 21 marks the ...

Nearly six decades after the shooting death of Malcolm X, a man who claims to have witnessed the assassination spoke up for the first time, and contends that law enforcement played a role in the 1965 ...

This lecture challenges the ways in which two icons of the 1960s, Dr. King and Malcolm X, are popularly characterized as rivals. Dr. Nebil Husayn argues that the two icons, in fact, represented a ...

BOSTON (AP) — William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist and supporter of the Black Power movement who worked with Malcolm X and other prominent leaders in the 1960s, has died. He was 87.