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Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King: Rivalry that Supercharged the Civil Rights Movement
- Malcolm X entered the world in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19, 1925, into the Little family, who were deeply involved in Black nationalist activism and faced threats from white supremacist groups.
- The family fled Omaha after threats from the Ku Klux Klan, and in 1931, Earl Little died under suspicious circumstances ruled an accident but believed murdered by the Black Legion.
- Following Earl's death, Louise Little struggled alone to raise eight children amid intrusive welfare caseworkers who undermined her authority in what was racialized family policing.
- A study shows over 50% of Black children in the U.S. Face child welfare investigations, double the rate of white children, mostly for neglect linked to poverty rather than abuse.
- Malcolm X’s early experiences with racist violence and state family policing illustrate a cycle of trauma that abolitionists today seek to end by replacing coercion with care.
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Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King: rivalry that supercharged the Civil Rights movement
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 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 figures of the 20th century.Rising to prominence at the height of the Civil Rights …
Abolishing the family: A survivor's perspective
The family is marketed as a safe space, a place of love and mutual care, but this is not supported by the data—How do we bring our experiences of mutual support networks to the centre of society? ~ Alana Queer, El Salto ~ Something is wrong. We already struggle to imagine the end of capitalism, but abolishing the family? Feminism seems to have long since abandoned this old feminist demand, and this year the LGBTQIA+ movement in Spain will celebr…
Malcolm X’s Childhood Trauma And The Case For Abolishing Family Policing
Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty A Family Torn Apart by the State As we celebrate the centennial birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz—known to the world as Malcolm X—let us resist the urge to sanitize his legacy. We shouldn’t spend this moment only posting his image or quoting his speeches stripped of their revolutionary meaning. We must also remember him as the boy this country tried to annihilate—long before he became the man Ossie Davis…
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Global Diaspora NewsMalcolm’s Mama Lit His Fire
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Malcolm X, the fearless leader that the actor and activist Ossie Davis described as one of Harlem’s “brightest hopes”, the “stormy, controversial and bold young captain”, and most movingly “our own Black shining prince.” would have been 100 years old on May 19.
Malcolm X 100th Birthday: Our Own Black Shining Prince
The boy sat on the living room floor, knees tucked to his chest, eyes wide, shining like wet stones in the blue flicker of Spike Lee’s Malcolm X. Denzel Washington filled the screen, breathing life into Malcolm with each word that pulsed through the television like a heartbeat, steady and unafraid. His mother had put the film on gently, reverently, as though lighting candles on an altar. “You need to know him,” she’d whispered, her voice quiet w…
BLK ALERTS - Malcolm X’s Childhood Trauma And The Case For Abolishing Family Policing
Source: Michael Ochs Archives / Getty A Family Torn Apart by the State As we celebrate the centennial birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz—known to the world as Malcolm X—let us resist the urge to sanitize his legacy. We shouldn’t spend this moment only posting his image or quoting his speeches stripped of their revolutionary meaning. We must also remember him as the boy this country tried to annihilate—long before he became the man Ossie Davis…
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