Curated Video
Alex Haley: Author of 'Roots' and 'The Autobiography of Malcolm X'
Alex Haley served in the U.S. Coast Guard for two decades before pursuing a career as a writer. He eventually helmed a series of interviews for Playboy magazine and later co-authored The Autobiography of Malcolm X. The following decade,...
Curated Video
Malcolm X and the Rise of Black Power: Crash Course Black American History
In the late 1950s and the early to mid-1960s, a Muslim minister named Malcolm X rose to prominence in the United States during the struggle for Civil Rights. Malcolm X was a member of and spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, and he was...
Then & Now
Martin Luther King or Malcolm X? Rationality & Anger
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are often seen as having opposing views about how to achieve equality and black rights. In his autobiography, Stride Towards Freedom, King emphasizes calmness and always non-violence. Whereas Malcolm X,...