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Today in History: Malcolm X

On May 19, 1925, Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth child of Earl and Louise Little. Malcolm Little would later join the Nation of Islam and change his surname to "X". The African...

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Black History Month Programming

To celebrate Black History month, WNYC will air five special programs during the week of February 8-12 at 8PM on both 93.9FM and AM820. We will also offer three additional programs on consecutive...

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Remembering Malcolm X: Rare Interviews and Audio

WNYC is celebrating black history month by looking back at the life and legacy of Malcolm X.Before his assassination on Feb. 21, 1965, Malcolm X was one of the most outspoken black nationalist leaders....

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First Principles: What is Freedom?

»» RSVP for the event on April 7th here!First Principles is a series of three debates on the moral underpinnings of today's politics co-sponsored by Demos, The Ayn Rand Institute and It's A Free...

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Malcolm X Revisited

Michael Eric Dyson, University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University and author of Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X, discusses the book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,...

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A Mahler Opera? Not Such a Stretch, Actually

If you have a memory that works as mine does, you might forget a name or a face of someone you met last night but, when it comes to dates, my brain functions like a search engine to rival Google. When...

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American Icons: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

This is an American revolution set down on the page.When Malcolm X was assassinated at 39, his book nearly died with him. Today The Autobiography of Malcolm X— a favorite of President Obama and Justice...

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Newly-Discovered Recordings Shed Light on a Young Malcolm X

In 1961 Malcolm X came to Brown University to publicly rebut an article published in the school newspaper that criticized the Nation of Islam. Fast-forward to 2011. A Brown University student was...

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Selected Shorts: So You Want to Change the World?

Social revolution and personal revelation, in three stories presented by Robert Sean Leonard.Our first two stories date from the turbulent 1960s, when a generation of African-Americans began to demand...

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WNYC Black History Month 2014

WNYC celebrates Black History Month with special programming throughout February.  We will feature specials every night at 8PM on WNYC FM and AM during the week of February 10th with additional...

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American Icons: The Autobiography of Malcolm X

This is an American revolution set down on the page.When Malcolm X was assassinated at 39, his book nearly died with him. Today The Autobiography of Malcolm X— a favorite of President Obama and Justice...

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So You Want to Change the World?

The program includes three stories about social revolution and personal revelation, presented by Robert Sean Leonard. Our first two stories date from the turbulent 1960s, when a generation of...

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Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue

This reading by Marsha Stephanie Blake of Sonia Sanchez’s “Homegirls on St. Nicholas Avenue,” is part of the SELECTED SHORTS program “So You Want to Change the World?” hosted by Robert Sean Leonard.

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"By Any Means Necessary:" Malcolm X, 50 Years Later

Tomorrow is the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination in Harlem. Dr. Yohuru Williams, a professor of history at Fairfield University and the editor of Liberated Territory: Untold Local...

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[Unedited] E. Ethelbert Miller with Krista Tippett

A poet and self-described literary activist, E. Ethelbert Miller attended Howard University in 1968 — the age in which Black Power was finding its voice. He has remained there ever since, observing and...

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E. Ethelbert Miller — Black & Universal

A poet and self-described literary activist, E. Ethelbert Miller attended Howard University in 1968 — the age in which Black Power was finding its voice. He has remained there ever since, observing and...

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[Unedited] Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons and Lucas Johnson with Krista Tippett

Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons is assistant professor of religion at the University of Florida. She is also a member of the National Council of Elders. Her account of her work as an activist in the Student...

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Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons and Lucas Johnson — The Movement, Remembered Forward

Wisdom for how we can move and heal our society in our time as the Civil Rights Movement galvanized its own. Lucas Johnson is bringing the art and practice of nonviolence into a new century, for new...

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American Icons: "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"

This is an American revolution set down on the page.    When Malcolm X was assassinated at 39, his life story nearly died with him. Today “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” — a favorite of President...

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Representative John Lewis’s Seventy-Six Years of Nonviolent Activism

As a child, Congressman John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers from Pike County, Alabama, was turned away from his local public library—it was for whites only. He didn’t return until 1998, when he was...

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