Last night, Twitter in the UK was all over a Channel 4 documentary, “Britain’s Racist…
Tag: Malcolm X
Three Myths about Mandela Worth Busting
I sometimes feel Nelson Mandela is in need of rescuing, trapped in some pretty bizarre…
Who will make the great Thomas Sankara biopic?
Twenty-six years ago this month, Thomas Sankara was brutally murdered. His biopic is still waiting…
Marcus Garvey’s Africa
Late last year I had the opportunity to review College of William and Mary History…
"Before you six feet under the ground"
R&B sounds and look very different in the video and song for “Body Down” by…
When Malcolm X went to Africa
I am dipping in and out of Manning Marable’s 600 plus-page biography of Malcolm X.…
The Life and Times of Harry Belafonte
Apart from his role in American racial and class struggles from the 1950s onwards, Harry…