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    Parade, stars, weirdness at DragonCon  Aug 29, 2008
    In 1985, he had the lead role in the Anthony Davis opera X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X.. ROBERT ENGLUND. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Fear of Defaults After a Flurry of Apartment House Sales  Aug 27, 2008
    Savoy Park, which is bounded by 139th and 142nd Streets and Fifth Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard, was refinanced a few months before the credit markets stalled last summer. Credit Suisse pooled the main or senior $210 million loan with other mortgages and sold it to Wall Street investors as a commercial mortgage-backed security. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    The Five Faces Of Barack Obama  Aug 22, 2008
    Those pieces of Obama are also open to interpretation, because so few of them are stamped from any familiar presidential mold: the polygamous father, the globe-traveling single mother, the web of roots spreading from Kansas to Kenya, friends and relatives from African slums to Washington and Wall Street, and intellectual influences ranging from Alexander Hamilton to Malcolm X. Four of the faces of Obama pose various threats to his hopes for victory. The fifth is the one his campaign intends to... (Time.com)

    Child of a lost bohemia  Aug 20, 2008
    At first, there seems almost no similarity between Ken Jacobs' abstract and often confrontational films -- he once found an unedited reel of news footage surrounding the 1964 assassination of Malcolm X and released it untouched as a work entitled "Perfect Film" -- and his son's winsome, wistful and often funny movies, which clearly come from the tradition of Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurism. ki. (Salon)

    Obama-themed merchandise sales strike it hot  Aug 18, 2008
    Another has him flanked by Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X. A third renders his "Change We Can Believe In" motto in a gothic script favored by hip-hop typographers. "There's always going to be a market until the election," observed a mix tape producer who goes by the name DJ Difference and had stopped to look at Onley's selection of DVDs. (Boston Globe)

    ABTS conference kicks off; four schools represented  Aug 17, 2008
    Novak tied in various historical references throughout, including the Berkeley riots in 1963, Plato, Malcolm X, and the Penn State Undergraduate Student Government's (USG) loss of power in 1969 before closing the speech with a simple goal for the representatives: "Make it a real university again.". The afternoon session was divided into three breakout sessions, which saw discussion of campus marketing, structure, legislation, budgets/activity fee and two cooperative initiatives, Service Nation... (Daily Collegian, PA)

    Opinion: From Clay to Ali, he was special  Aug 14, 2008
    This hour-long film, produced by Alan Tomlinson and Gaspar Gonzalez, does a fascinating job of traveling back in time to tell the stories of Alis Miami years, when he lived in the black section of town called Overtown, trained at the famous 5th Street Gym on Miami Beach, and became something of a celebrity pied piper as everyone from the Beatles to Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis Jr. to Malcolm X entered this dank old place for an audience with the kid who was on his way to becoming the worlds... (MSNBC -- Sports)

    Uphold democracy, not mob rule  Aug 14, 2008
    We need leaders who can forge meaningful national unity based on democratic principles and responsible dialogue (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Teaching English to the teachers  Aug 13, 2008
    It's worth noting that Malcolm X, with an eighth-grade education, learned the English language far more thoroughly -inside a prison cell, without teachers - than most American English-speaking students will ever learn in kindergarten through college. That should tell American educators something, but it doesn't, because they are not as bright as they pretend to be. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)

    It’s dangerous to seek change  Aug 13, 2008
    Ever since time itself, people have been killed while promoting change for the better, for example; Jesus, John Lennon, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Malcolm X, etc. Why are we so desperate for change, and whenever somebody does come around and try to make it happen they end up extinct. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    Is Obama the end of black politics?  Aug 7, 2008
    It is hard for any outsider to fully understand the thinking that led many older black leaders to spurn the candidacy of a man who is now routinely pictured, along with '60s-era revolutionaries like Angela Davis and Malcolm X, on the T-shirts sold at the street-corner kiosks of black America. ("You'd be real embarrassed if he won and you wasn't down with it," the comedian Chris Rock joked to a Harlem audience while introducing Obama last November. (International Herald Tribune)

    Gwyneth Paltrow films ad for Barack Obama  Aug 5, 2008
    Please don't include Malcolm X with those other bozos ... The radical is going to lose big because of associations with other radicals like Bill Ayres, Saul Linsky, Frank Marshall Frank Marshall Davis who was a communist, Jeremiah Wright, Resko, Meeks, Flager, Screwy Louie Farakan, Malcolm X. These people hate America and are socialist, communists, and terrorists. (Telegraph.co.uk)

    Critics' Picks  Aug 2, 2008
    Gianvito devotes a little meditative chunk of time to each of them, capturing not just the final resting places of Eugene V. Debs and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Malcolm X and victims of the Homestead strike and King Philip's War, along with others almost entirely forgotten by history, but also the grass, trees, light and life that carry on around them. The effect is hypnotic, transcendent and highly mysterious. (Salon)

    Obama,McCain as comic characters soon  Jul 31, 2008
    He also has written comic-book biographies of Ronald Reagan and Malcolm X. Obamas biography is being written by novelist Jeff Mariotte. J Scott Campbell did both covers; each features its candidate in the classic superhero pose of squared shoulders and fists on hips with an American flag in the background. (India Times)

    NYT: Obama tested ideas in classroom  Jul 30, 2008
    Mr. Obama improvised his own textbook, including classic cases like Brown v. Board of Education, and essays by Frederick Douglass, W. E. B. Dubois, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, as well as conservative thinkers like Robert H. Bork. Mr. Obama was especially eager for his charges to understand the horrors of the past, students say. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)

    Somebody has stolen our president!  Jul 20, 2008
    Like Malcolm X one said: The chickens have come home to roost. What you sre aeeing is a lame jerk of a president trying to salvage any shred of credability he has left. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Commentswere thePitts (1)  Jul 19, 2008
    But if Helms and other right-thinking individuals had been given the leeway to allow the American people to decide, we might instead be celebrating a day in honor of Frederick Douglas or Malcolm X or Rosa Parks or Harriet Tubman. And in the end, Pitts shows exactly why those like himself, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton -- as well as those who follow their poor leadership -- continue to perpetuate racism in this country. (Elizabethtown Bladen Journal, NC)

    Statement time for USA  Jul 19, 2008
    "He was a young, second-level preacher. Nobody saw Malcolm X coming out of prison. Nobody saw Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Harry Edwards coming out of San Jose State. I'm convinced that, irrespective of what we think we see from a social and political standpoint relative to this generation of athletes, there's somebody out there whom we simply don't see coming. I don't think we are wise enough or visionary enough to say that this generation is lost or that this generation can't get it done.... (ESPN -- Golf News)

    Obama words, Obama words...  Jul 18, 2008
    Lets celebrate the life of our leaders of the past, the honorable Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and W.E.B Dubois, Martin Luther King Jr. etc. These are obvious contradiction; an obvious classic example of speaking without the benefit of knowledge. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Poor wait with anticipation for province's poverty plan  Jul 18, 2008
    To quote Malcolm X, "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." Here in Ottawa, we've organized a Panhandlers' Union under the Industrial Workers of the World. One of our members got savagely beaten by three members of Rideau Centre security for the crime of looking poor; we sued them for $70 000 on his behalf. (Toronto Star)

    Culture elite's protection of the Obamas  Jul 18, 2008
    Put glasses on him, and Barack could play Malcolm X in the movies. And assume the point of the cartoon had been to satirize the Obamas. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    The Candidate As Cult Leader  Jul 16, 2008
    One of the key elements in many religious cults involves a name change like transitioning from Richard Alpert to Baba Ram Dass, or from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X. To Obamas true-believers, adding an Islamic middle name is a small price to pay for connecting with a candidate who qualifies as a lightworker and an enlightened being, according to San Francisco Chronicle columnist Mark Morford. Many spiritually advanced people I know, he writes, identify Obama as a... (Townhall.com)

    Civil Lawsuit Filed: Bartian involved in racially charged fight sues alleged assailants, parents (67)  Jul 13, 2008
    Malcolm X said wrote on Jul 7, 2008 8:04 PM:" Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. ". Why spread the hate wrote on Jul 7, 2008 5:01 PM:" I am concerned that the E-E would publish a picture of the alleged victim, lying in bed with a rebel flag clearly in display. Why would you publish such a picture if you are not intentionally contributing to the racial tension that certainly contributed to this act???... (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)

    Spike Lee to film Broadway show  Jul 13, 2008
    Lee, known for movies such as Malcolm X and Do the Right Thing, will film the production on 19 July, along with two more performances without audiences. The musical will then end its run in New York on the following day. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Spike Lee set to film rock musical  Jul 13, 2008
    Lee, director of such films as "Do the Right Thing," "Malcolm X" and "She's Gotta Have It," said there would be surprises in the film but declined to amplify. "Then it wouldn't be a surprise," he said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Filmmaker Rips Jackson Over Obama Criticism  Jul 13, 2008
    The presidency of the first African-American will ripple throughout arts, sports and more, said Lee, whose films include "Malcolm X" and "Do the Right Thing.". "Everything's going to be affected by this seismic change in the universe," he said. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Africa: Barack Obama As the Post Coldwar Dividend  Jul 8, 2008
    The transplantation of Obama's father to Hawaii was a show of diplomatic love by a white American ruling class that was also meant to weaken an emerging thrust by black American politicians (both by reformers like Martin Luther King and "communists" or radicals like W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X), who saw the emerging African nationalism of the 1960s, against white domination, as a new weapon to be used to break the yoke of racism on the necks of black people in America itself. At the founding of... (allAfrica.com)

    LETTERS: NCT, July 3, 2008  Jul 4, 2008
    " In fact, Obama practiced in what we in California call Small Claims Court.Notice that the hospital where she works doubled her pay when he was elected to the U.S. senate. In California that would be illegal but not in Chicago. To Second Amendment wrote on Jul 3, 2008 5:01 PM:Youre entitled to your opinion, but the opinion that matters has come down from the Supreme Court. You should read the opinion; the right to keep and bear arms is not dependent on militia participation. Even the select... (North County Times)

    More of this story  Jul 4, 2008
    Gordon Parks' 1963 photograph of Malcolm X is one of 70 images on view at the California African American Museum s Let Your Motto Be Resistance exhibit. Malcolm X, who paved the way for the Black Power movement, is seen here selling a special issue of Muhammad Speaks, the official newspaper of the Nation of Islam, a group he would later reject. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)

    KEVIN ALEXANDER GRAY: Obama mustn't use people of color as props  Jun 26, 2008
    His forthcoming books are "Waiting for Lightning to Strike: The Fundamentals of Black Politics" and "The Decline of Black Politics: From Malcolm X to Barack Obama." Gray wrote this for Progressive Media Project, a source of commentary on domestic and international issues. It is affiliated with The Progressive Magazine. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Judge Charged With Misconduct After YouTube Video Shows Him Soliciting Campaign Funds  Jun 20, 2008
    Singletary is also arguing in his answer to the Judicial Conduct Board's complaint filed Thursday with the Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline that the Philadelphia First State Road Rattlers gathered April 22, 2007, at Malcolm X Park at 52nd and Pine streets in Philadelphia were his family members and close friends who knew that Singletary would not hear his cases. "I regret using the words 'You're all going to need my hook-up right?' I was surprised to see that I had actually used those... (Law.com)

    Lake Land basketball roster revamped  Jun 17, 2008
    The Lakers face Parkland on Nov. 12, the Millikin JV on Nov. 19 and Malcolm X on Nov. 22 at the Fieldhouse. Lewis & Clark, Danville Area and Illinois Central are no longer on the schedule, but there is a difficult road trip to Moberly, Mo. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    ‘Defending Democracy’ displays commitment to political participation  Jun 17, 2008
    El Shabazz High School (Malcolm X s Shabazz) appears mid-court near a panther head mascot titled Ferocious Kats. OJ&A will screen videos in their basketball gym during the run of the exhibition, this Free Community Film Program parodying the Panther s many Free programs. (Woodlands Villager, TX)

    Juneteenth Celebrates Jazz, Asks For Status  Jun 17, 2008
    Sunday's festival was in honor of late jazz saxophonist Preston Love and civil rights leader Malcolm X -- both Omaha natives. Copyright 2008 by. (7 KETV Omaha)

    Is Obama a protectionist?  Jun 17, 2008
    "If the Saudis do produce 10 million barrels a day next month," wrote Hamilton, "I would expect it to have a significant impact on near-term oil prices. But how near-term is near-term? On Monday morning, the Financial Times According to the FT, the market consensus is that Saudi Arabia will only boost production to 9.7 million barrels a day (although even that total would rank as the highest production since 1981). And in New York, the price of West Texas Intermediate oil futures once again... (Salon)

    Graduation day  Jun 14, 2008
    After all, the name of my son's school is Malcolm X Elementary ... It's been a long, often bitter, sometimes mired-in-manufactured-controversy campaign, and there's certainly no guarantee that the ultimate outcome will be applauded at Malcolm X Elementary or Longfellow Middle School. (Salon)

    Clint vs. Spike: WWII racial grudge match!  Jun 11, 2008
    And as long as we're playing fantasy-film football, I'd be delighted to give Lee his opportunity to go back in history and make "Bird" -- as long as Eastwood gets to make "Malcolm X." I mean, come on. That's a great idea, and I won't let anybody deny it. (Salon)

    IN MY LIBRARY: MARC ECKO  Jun 8, 2008
    I based one of my paintings off of an image on page 258; a mash-up of Bob Dylan, Malcolm X, Fidel Castro and President Kennedy. It hangs over my desk. (New York Post -- Opinions)

    Spike Lee fires back at Clint Eastwood  Jun 8, 2008
    Lee was upset when the Dirty Harry star used an interview in a British newspaper to attack the Malcolm X director over remarks he made about the lack of black actors in Eastwood's 2006 war films Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. The veteran suggested Lee should "shut his face," adding the younger director should get his facts right before lecturing him about African-American soldiers. (FOX23 News, NY)

    100 Black Men program pairs education and life lessons  Jun 7, 2008
    He also told the boys about historic black Americans Frederick Douglass, who learned to read while enslaved, and Malcolm X, a civil rights leader. He also promised the boys if they would read his book which he provided them autographed copies of and then write him a letter, he would send them a 50 check. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)

    Eastwood tells Lee to 'Shut his face'  Jun 6, 2008
    Eastwood has rejected the Malcolm X director's complaint that he had failed to include a single black soldier in his 2006 films Flags Of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, about the 1945 battle for the Japanese island. Rationalizing his choice, the actor-turned-director explains the African-American troops who were at battle didn't take part in raising the flag. (FOX23.com, OK)

    Why assassination talk is taboo  Jun 4, 2008
    There are other signs pointing to the contagious nature of assassination, among them the succession from the Evers shooting in June 1963 to that of John Kennedy in November the same year to those of Malcolm X in 1965, King in April 1968, Robert Kennedy in June of that year, and, finally, the attempt on former Alabama governor George Wallace in a Maryland shopping center in 1972. Not only is the crime of assassination contagious: Most people, at some level, know it. (Boston Globe)

    Foes of gay marriage, have you no shame?  Jun 4, 2008
    The second of the four was the assassination of Malcolm X. Malcolm X was an explosive force in the racial dynamics of the United States in the early 1960s ... Omitting Malcolm X in any counting of 1960s events of historical significance insults the memory of a great American. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)

    Obama's Radical-Left Ties Broad And Deep  Jun 3, 2008
    From W.E.B. DuBois to Booker T. Washington to Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X to Martin Luther King, this internal debate has raged between integration and nationalism, between accommodation and militancy, between sit-down strikes and boardroom negotiations ... Of course, even James Cone, the radical founder of black-liberation theology, sees himself as synthesizing the moderation of Martin Luther King Jr. with the radicalism of Malcolm X. Obama here seems to be calling for an inside/outside strategy... (CBS News)

    Analysis The era of the Clintons soon will come to an end  May 31, 2008
    wow wrote on May 30, 2008 1:45 PM:" Obama isn't without sin and has on several occassions shown his inexperience, but that may not be all bad. I do agree that he cannot be running around calling the ladies "honey" because that reflects back to the dirty day's of the dress. Nor is is smart for Obama to paraphrasing the late Malcolm X. However in all of this, the days do look better for America as a nation. Yet as we've all learned, in order to have the good day's we must endure the bad day's... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)

    Congressman Danny K. Davis and Attorney Leving Say Fathers Are the Key to Ending Youth Violence  May 31, 2008
    Congressman Danny Davis and Leving will promote their upcoming "Fathers Who Care Expo for Today's Man," which will take place on June 7th, 2008 at Malcolm X College from 9am-5pm. WGCI-FM's Tony Sculfield will perform his stand-up comedy act at the Expo Luncheon at 12:00 noon. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    2 men shot, 1 dies  May 26, 2008
    Allen from New Iberia wrote on May 21, 2008 1:31 PM:" Yes, NI Citizen...I couldn't agree more, blame Barack Obama, blame Rev. Wright, blame the NAACP, blame Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., blame Malcolm X, blame Marcus Garvey, blame Nelson Mandela!!!! This kind of racist remark is constantly allowed on these iberianet.com posts and I think it's ridiculous that "undercover racists" from New Iberia choose this venue to air out there biased undertones...Vote for McCain, I bet the economy will... (New Iberia, LA)

    Her Aides Say Obama Campaign Has Exploited Statement...  May 26, 2008
    Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by Blaming Obama - The Talk. Clinton Camp Stokes RFK Flap by Blaming Obama. (The Drudge Report)

    Meet the defamer  May 26, 2008
    Written while working at dead-end jobs in administration (in her hometown of Sydney) and "doorbitching" at various Melbourne clubs, the blog was a three-year journey through the lows and lows of reality TV - her coverage of Big Brother's turkey- slapping incident, when no other site would touch it, was what first brought her to the attention of media professionals - dodgy international debate (like speculating whether Malcolm X was gay) and ranting celebrities (John Laws was given the nickname... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)

    Free speech ... or intimidation?  May 24, 2008
    "Why is it OK that people can wear Malcolm X shirts to work, and I can't have a flag on my truck?" Tillett asked. "This selective process has got to go, but it's far from being over.". (Florida Times-Union)

    Cheney Tells Cadets: 9/11 Defines Their Careers  May 22, 2008
    She quoted Malcolm X, putting her own twist on the slain Nation of Islam minister's defiant call for justice and equality "by any means necessary.". "Today, we become the class that we set out to be four years ago. Today, we become officers. Today, we become protectors of the United States Constitution," Davis said. (FOX61, CT)

    'Two Trains'  May 22, 2008
    Charismatic figures point down different avenues of salvation: Malcolm X, the recently dead prophet of black power; Prophet Samuel, a charismatic religious leader, lying in state at West's funeral home; and ancient Aunt Ester, legendary soul-healer carrying the weight of three and a half centuries. To them, add the numbers, the community lottery that gives hope of a financial boost. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Mecca and moderation  May 20, 2008
    These findings echo the experience of Malcolm X, who drastically altered his views on race after performing the hajj. In a letter from the hajj, he wrote: "We were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white ... what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought patterns previously held.". (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)

    Double vision  May 18, 2008
    Geary's book is part of a piquant series on politics that also includes work on Malcolm X and Students for a Democratic Society. His hard-edged art is a study in pinstripe, alternating horizontal and vertical lines in a critical portrayal of Hoover, who politicized the FBI into a bastion of so-called right thinking. (Boston Globe)

    Talking Points  May 16, 2008
    Well, the latest from Watkins is this: "O'Reilly, Hannity and Limbaugh are in the same tradition as those who killed Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.". Since black Muslims murdered Malcolm, Watkins is not only a hater, he's a certified loon. (Fox News)

    Fourth-Grader Fights For His Life  May 14, 2008
    Akeem Suluki, 9, was in critical condition late Tuesday night at in the after being thrown 40 feet, police said, earlier in the day on Malcolm X Boulevard in. Whoever ran over my child, please come forward, the boys mother, Khadijah Suluki, begged earlier in the day. (WNBC.com, NY)

    Pitts: America transformed into nation of hall monitors  May 12, 2008
    Your Connection to the. Web Search powered by YAHOO. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    African-Americans resettling in Ghana  May 12, 2008
    She identified with the writings and lives of civil rights activists Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey. She homed in on Garvey, who pushed for repatriation and independence in Africa. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Freedom is just another empty word  May 11, 2008
    Or a Malcolm X, a Miles Davis, a Marlon Brando, a Bob Dylan, a Walt Disney, a Betty Friedan or any of the other American originals who pole-axed the 20th century. After all, originality is anathema to uniformity and, make no mistake, uniformity is what we're talking about here, the campaign to regulate language, law, culture and every other aspect of human intercourse in the hope of thereby removing from that intercourse every hint of risk or danger of unequal treatment. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)

    Snapshots Of Garvey  May 11, 2008
    Meanwhile, hailed as a prophet of African independence and black power, he inspired leaders in colonized Africa and later, among many others, Malcolm X (whose father had belonged to the UNIA), Martin Luther King Jr. and Bob Marley ("Redemption Song"). Yet Colin Grant, a BBC Radio producer, can't keep this awesome, complicated, troubling man in focus in "Negro With a Hat." He is good at panning shots, giving us glimpses of Jamaica a century ago, and at providing thumbnail descriptions of Garvey's... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    French teacher fights cancellation of AP exam  May 10, 2008
    The two slaves in the novel a retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest" influenced by the 1960s American Black Power movement have different approaches to seeking rights, just as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. did, one student said. But the complex analysis in French, which pupils say propels them to work harder and speak better, may not happen after next year. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    American politics lost in the ’60s: Will the nation escape the decade  May 8, 2008
    I noted that Wright was quoting Malcolm X when he said "America's chickens are coming home to roost." I argued that the motto of Wright's church -- "unashamedly black and unapologetically Christian" -- marks a sentiment that was important to blacks in the '60s ... There's a reason Obama doesn't talk like James Brown, Malcolm X or Jeremiah Wright: Things that black leaders needed to say then, don't need to be said now, at least not by someone who wants to be America's president, not black... (West Frankfort Daily American, IL)

    Iraq needs national leaders to unify its factions and end the bloodshed  May 8, 2008
    Men like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, men who would give their lives but have their dreams fulfilled in death. Where are these men of character, charisma and courage in Iraq. (Florida Times-Union)

    Race and the Race A Fiery Theology Under Fire  May 6, 2008
    was yielding to Malcolm X. Young black preachers embraced the and black intellectuals sought warmth in the secular and Marxist-tinged fire of the black power movement. As a young, black and decidedly liberal theologian, James H. Cone saw his faith imperiled. (New York Times)

    Newsweek: McCain's own pastor problem  May 6, 2008
    Comment: Liz, take those same words and eat them, if JW had said what he did 40 years ago he'd be killed like MLK, Medgar Evers and Malcolm X ... Comment: Liz, take those same words and eat them, if JW had said what he did 40 years ago he'd be killed like MLK, Medgar Evers and Malcolm X ... Comment: Liz, take those same words and eat them, if JW had said what he did 40 years ago he'd be killed like MLK, Medgar Evers and Malcolm X. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Are We Getting Two for One?  May 6, 2008
    In 1995, there appeared a documentary titled Brother Minister about the assassination of Malcolm X. It contained a secretly filmed segment showing Louis Farrakhan shouting at the top of his lungs in the Nation of Islam's temple in Chicago on "Savior's Day" in 1993. Farrakhan, verging on hysteria, demanded to know of the murdered Malcolm X: "If we dealt with him like a nation deals with a traitor, what the hell business is it of yours?" His apparent admission of what had long been... (Slate)

    Happy Birthday To Mike  May 5, 2008
    Here are just a few of them: Richard Nixon, Johnny Carson, Henry Kissinger, Nancy Reagan, Larry King, Jimmy Carter, Bette Davis, Yasser Arafat, Eddie Arcaro, Frank Lloyd Wright, Carol Burnett, Bill Parcells, Salman Rushdie, Vladimir Putin, Al Sharpton, Vladimir Horowitz, Donald Trump, Jack Kevorkian, Malcolm X, Roger Clemens, Tennessee Williams, Tallulah Bankhead, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Oscar Hammerstein, Woody Allen, Eleanor Roosevelt, Martina Navratilova, Jesse Jackson, The Shah of Iran, Golda Meir.... (CBS News)

    No, No, No, Dont Tell Me to G-- D--- America  May 5, 2008
    Accordingly, I take great umbrage when Senator Barak Obamas preacher/mentor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright lumps me under the Malcolm X/ James Hal Cone belief that all white people are devils. To set aside the media rhetoric for the moment, Rev. Wright of is the Black Liberation school of theology, although initiated by Malcolm X, was academically fined tuned by Rev. Dr. James Hal Cone of Union Theological Seminary ... Cone asserts that "Theologically, Malcolm X was not far wrong when he called the... (Townhall.com)

    Let's let the chickens roost wherever it suits them  May 4, 2008
    First there was Malcolm X (1963) ... What Malcolm X, Ward Churchill, and Wright actually mean is that "as you sow so shall you reap" (Galatians 6:7) ... The black civil rights advocate Malcolm X gave a speech in New York City on Dec. 4, 1963, just 11 days after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)

    OA senior wins Princeton prize  May 3, 2008
    Why not learn about Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, people who helped us progress to where we are ... At home, he watched a television documentary about Malcolm X. He read online biographies of civil rights leaders. (Easton Journal, MA)

    Do the right thing and shut up, Lee urges pastor  May 2, 2008
    The director of Malcolm X and When the Levees Broke is an ardent Obama supporter. "I love him," he said. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)

    Prairieville drummer Davis keeps beat in two JazzFest shows  May 2, 2008
    In 1990, Davis started touring with New Orleans trumpeter Terence Blanchard, whom Davis regards as "the best trumpeter in the business." He recorded on Blanchard's first four albums, including the popular "Billie Holiday Songbook," and critically acclaimed breakout album "Romantic Defiance." Davis was also one of the drummers on "X," Blanchard's soundtrack to Spike Lee's movie about Malcolm X.. Over the years, Davis has recorded dozens of albums, including soundtracks for "Eve's Bayou," and... (Gonzales Ascension Citizen, LA)

    NPP Insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians - RPD  May 2, 2008
    Carl Max, Malcolm X, and our own illustrious son Dr. Kwame Nkrumah were all people in their late 40s and not in their early 70s. Our own president, His Excellency J.A. Kuffuor and Mr. J. H. Mensah were appointed into ministry at 29years and 34years respectively. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    All-USA boys team: Coach and player of year from New Jersey  Apr 23, 2008
    Best book I've read this year: "Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary by Walter Dean Myers.". Favorite musician: Jay-Z.. (USA Today -- Sports)

    8 comments  Apr 23, 2008
    Cone has defended Malcolm Xs view that whites are the devil and that blacks are within their rights to assault and even kill whites in the name of black liberation ... Theologically, Malcolm X was not far wrong when he called the white man the devil. (Human Events Online)

    Stage: Where Malcolm X died, a drama on race  Apr 22, 2008
    Where Malcolm X died, a drama on race - International Herald Tribune ... " Today in Culture The building, and its resonances, were almost lost in the years following the death of Malcolm X. An ornate structure in New York that opened in 1912, it held a grand theater where Mae West, Desi Arnaz, Henny Youngman and the Three Stooges performed. The ballroom, on the second floor, was the site of various civic meetings and was where Malcolm X had been scheduled to speak. After he was shot, a pall... (International Herald Tribune)

    Campaign Controversies, Dinosaur Media and More  Apr 22, 2008
    Washington Controversies and the Dinosaur Media - HUMAN EVENTS. "Looks like the official John McCain campaign store replaced their vendor after your story about Vietnam merchandise," writes a high-profile Republican source, who actually points out: "They have since inked a new contract with the same company that handles Barack Obama's campaign store."That's right, the company that makes its money bashing Republicans is making money off our Republican. (Human Events Online)

    Calzaghe leaves talk for the ring  Apr 19, 2008
    If that were not dramatic enough, accompanying him through the ropes are the spirits of Malcolm X and Marcus Garvey, fellow riders of the revolutionary storm, taking it to the enemy in the fight against oppression. The race card was out again. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    Sept. 11 'comedies' coming soon...  Apr 19, 2008
    Lets do the same about Ghandi or Malcolm X, a great comedy set there. The left is truly the bottom feeders of the world. (The Drudge Report)

    More of this story  Apr 17, 2008
    At the end of the work day, we take off our shoes, sit down on the couch, watch American Idol (raise money for other countries while our own country is suffering) and Survivor (betray one another for money) in front of the television, ungratefully eat our chicken dinner and salad that was likely processed by an illegal immigrant at an American food processing factory, go to the bathroom and wipe our behind and blow our nose on toilet paper that s Made in America and lie down in our bed and... (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)

    Letters to the editor  Apr 17, 2008
    Reaching out to a broadly diverse population, Arthur helped organize many community events, including thought-provoking forums on Malcolm X s legacy, Black electoral power, Martin Luther King s assassination, death penalty perspectives and an annual concert honoring Roland Hayes. Over the past few years, Arthur re-energized through BA&CE the community celebration of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.. (Brookline TAB, MA)

    Texas judge to decide fate of seized children (32)  Apr 16, 2008
    After the precautions were taken at St. Xavier University on the city s southwest side, Malcolm X College evacuated students and canceled daytime classes Monday after a similar threat was found in a bathroom at the campus west of downtown. And Michigan s Oakland University was closed Monday because of threatening graffiti mentioning April 14. (Montana Standard, MT)

    Relics brighten time in suburbs  Apr 16, 2008
    She spent her days sleeping late and watching soap operas in a den where portraits of Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X gazed down on her, as if to say, "Rest easy, sister, you've worked long enough.". For a woman who had grown up in a shack in rural Georgia and resided in a string of substandard apartments and rental houses in Atlanta, her temporary quarters were easily the best living conditions she had ever known in her 81 years. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    A Year After Virginia Tech Shootings, Students Are Pushing For The Right to Bear Arms On Campus  Apr 16, 2008
    The city's Malcolm X College evacuated students and canceled daytime classes Monday after a similar threat was found in a bathroom on the campus. Oakland University in Michigan also closed its doors Monday because of threatening graffiti mentioning April 14. (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Threat Closes Third Chicago-Area College  Apr 16, 2008
    Malcolm X College, a public school west of downtown, and Michigan's Oakland University decided to resume classes Tuesday. 2008 Associated Press. (Newsmax)

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