Friday marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X (also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) following a brief but lasting career as a civil rights advocate and Black nationalist.

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 ...

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 ...

On Friday, Ilyasah Shabazz will return to the site of a national tragedy − the place where civil rights icon Malcolm X was gunned down in front of his pregnant wife and young children. For Shabazz the ...

Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights 60 years ago. But another key location in his story remains unmarked and largely forgotten: a modest brick house in East ...

They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most iconic ...