If you don't really know why, a good starting point is the 1992 film starring Denzel Washington (Gladiator II). An epic in many senses, the movie clocks in at 3 hours and 22 minutes, and it's also mandatory viewing for anyone who considers themselves a Spike Lee (Da 5 Bloods) fan.

Office of Pluralism and Leadership and Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life co-hosted author Ilyasah Shabazz — the daughter of Black nationalist leader Malcolm X — for a keynote address titled “Honoring a Legacy.

Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, spoke at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at Texas A&M on Thursday and shared stories of growing up with the King children.

President Joe Biden has posthumously pardoned Black nationalist Marcus Garvey, who influenced Malcolm X and other Black civil rights leaders and was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s.

With nearly 2,300 shootings across the city in 2024, thousands of victims – many with some serious trauma – were left in the wake. A new class at Malcolm X College is aimed at training Chicagoans on how to respond to gun violence.

Three graduate fellows at the University at Buffalo’s Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education have curated the following materials to empower educators to engage with Black history and racial literacy.

B eing Black in America is an honor and a privilege. Black people in this country have endured and overcome so much while simultaneously contributing to every aspect of America’

Award-winning jazz bassist, educator and mentor Hayden, at age 68, is today the youngest recipient of Detroit’s highest arts honor and the 17th Detroiter to be anointed for contributions to the region’s cultural communities. She is also the second recipient previously to have been named a Kresge Artist Fellow.

From Netflix to Peacock, here are 12 movies you are not going to want to miss when they land on streaming in February.

It has been 17 years since a shooting devastated a family in Gary, Indiana — a baby boy was killed and a mother was severely hurt. Every year since, loved ones and volunteers have been gathering together in hopes of finding justice.

This week’s literary quiz tests your knowledge of films inspired by nonfiction books or deeply autobiographical novels.

Malcolm X spent time as a teen living in Roxbury and it was when he served jail time in Massachusetts that he began his career as an activist.