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☆ Malcolm X Still Has a Hold on Us - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Peniel E. Joseph | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
When Anthony Davis’s opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X,” which is currently being revived at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, premiered in the mid-1980s, it seemed like a radical act of elevation: The opera lent grand pathos to the story of Malcolm X by giving his life the arc of a tragic hero. And at that moment, Malcolm X was a hero, achieving a grandeur on the world stage in death beyond what he had achieved in life. As a proud member of Generation X, I witnessed firsthand the iteration of Malcolm X that exploded into popular culture during the 1980s and 1990s, peaking with Spike Lee’s virtuosic 1992 biopic, “Malcolm X.” By 1999, Malcolm X’s resurgence (remember “X” hats?) meant that his image had become mainstream enough — and safe enough — to be placed on a postage stamp. But when we revisit him, we may find we encounter, and even crave, a Malcolm X who is not omniscient, and who would not seem destined for a postage stamp, but one who dwells in an ambiguous world of doubt.
Persons: Anthony Davis’s, Malcolm X, “ Malcolm X, Malcolm X’s, Malcolm, Barack Obama, George Floyd, Martin Luther King Jr, Jeff Stetson, catharsis Organizations: Metropolitan Opera Locations: New York, Queens
☆ Man Exonerated in Malcolm X’s Murder Sues U.S. Over His Conviction
  + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Ashley Southall | More About Ashley Southall | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
A former member of the Nation of Islam who was exonerated in the assassination of Malcolm X filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday in a case that could shed new light on the F.B.I.’s role in one of the most notorious murders of the civil rights era. The lawsuit brought by the man, Muhammad A. Aziz, who spent more than 20 years in prison and was cleared of the murder in 2021, accuses the F.B.I. of hiding evidence that suggested he played no role in the 1965 death of Malcolm X, a leading figure in the historic social movement to empower disenfranchised Black Americans. Mr. Aziz’s suit, which names at least 19 bureau officials and seeks $40 million in damages, claims top officials, including J. Edgar Hoover, engaged in a “pattern and practice” of “causing miscarriages of justice.” Mr. Hoover, who is known to have ordered the surveillance and harassment of leaders of the civil rights movement, led the bureau for nearly half a century until his death in 1972. A companion lawsuit was filed on behalf of the estate of Khalil Islam, who was also convicted of the crime and died in 2009, more than a decade before his exoneration.
Persons: Malcolm X, Muhammad A, Aziz, Aziz’s, J, Edgar Hoover, ” Mr, Hoover, Khalil Islam Organizations: Black Locations: Islam
☆ The Family That Turned Malcolm X’s Life Into Opera
  + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Zachary Woolfe | More About Zachary Woolfe | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
She asked me if I had any ideas, and I said sure, I’d like to write an opera about Malcolm X. I made them much more rhythmic, with short sentences so Anthony could set them. I imagined it as being in three acts, and I labeled each act: Hate, Fear, Love. I thought of it as a classic tragedy, where there’s a false unity that’s destroyed and you come back to the real unity, the real salvation that comes from the pilgrimage to Mecca. Betty Shabazz said that we made the Nation of Islam look too good.
Persons: ANTHONY I, Mary MacArthur, Malcolm X, Eric Bogosian, THULANI, Anthony, Malcolm, CHRISTOPHER, Thulani, Reginald, “, Betty Shabazz Locations: Malcolm, Mecca
☆ Opinion: The dubious MLK Jr. quote about Malcolm X
  + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Opinion Peniel E. Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, long a contentious backdrop to the history of civil rights and anti-racist activism in America, is under new scrutiny after the bombshell news that a quote denigrating Malcolm X, published in Playboy and attributed to King, is apparently fraudulent. This new information adds to the ongoing rethinking of the relationship between King and Malcolm X. Of course, this is not to suggest that we stop teaching “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” since all memoir and autobiography is an act of literary creation. The complexity of his relationship to Malcolm X is handled judiciously. Balancing the bitter and beautiful parts of the relationship between King and Malcolm X helps us come to terms with past and contemporary historical traumas.
☆ New York City to Pay $26 Million Over Wrongful Convictions in Malcolm X’s Murder
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Mr. Aziz, pictured, and the estate of Mr. Islam will each receive $13 million, according to the city and lawyers for the men. New York City is paying $26 million to settle lawsuits filed on behalf of two men who were wrongfully convicted of the 1965 murder of Black civil rights leader Malcolm X.Muhammad A. Aziz and the estate of Khalil Islam will each receive $13 million, according to the city and lawyers for the men. A settlement was agreed upon last week, according to court documents.
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