Know the true meaning of Malcolm X, and you cannot help but be moved. You cannot help but stand up taller and aim to live with greater courage, committed to the upliftment of oneself and of all people. The life and death, struggle and change he underwent from 1925 to 1965 still stands as a powerful source of learning and inspiration. The burden now falls upon those of us who know to ensure that new generations aren’t deprived of also truly knowing Malcolm, and living better because of it.

The following resources and selected quotes have been gathered as a brief, introductory primer for those unfamiliar with Malcolm X.

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Facing the Kool-Aid Recovery with Columbia U. Prof. Dorian Warren [VIDEO]
RaceWire, The Colorlines Blog :: Watch the Video here

‘Fulton Street’ is a documentary taking place in Bed-Stuy, Fort Greene, and Clinton Hill. The project is titled for the Fulton mainway that bisects these neighborhoods in Central Brooklyn, currently in the throes of gentrification. To personify this phenomenon, I am approaching subjects who have lived and worked in Central Brooklyn their entire lives. The project connects ongoing gentrification to the quality of life for residents and business owners in a modern world community of African, Caribbean, Arab, Latino, Southern, and Asian people of color. The main subjects are predominantly African American, ranging from 18 to 80 years old.

Michael Jackson seemed crushed under a weight of identity: black/man/star/brother/father/son. Add philanthropist/media-victim and -manipulator/accused pederast/primate owner/fashionista and dancer. Owner of, and now perhaps a returnee to, Neverland.

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Tiananmen: two men, two countries, one tragedy :: The Globe & Mail
50 days of protest and one massacre in the Peruvian Amazon :: Rabble.ca
Court orders Ottawa to let Abdelrazik return to Canada :: cbcnews.ca ; The Globe & Mail
Is The Media Or Gay Community To Blame For LGBT Activists Of Colour Being Invisible? :: GayBlackCanadianman
Akwesasne under siege :: The Globe & Mail
For Lebanese-Canadians, a free flight to the poll :: The Globe & Mail
Teacher Transfers Linked to Influx of Black Students :: Education Week
Africville: Nova Scotia’s string of broken promises :: Rabble.ca