It’s been 100 years since Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and 60 years since he was assassinated. His expansive legacy is the focus of a new book written by journalist Mark Whitaker. He sat ...

At Charlestown State Prison (now Bunker Hill Community College), Malcolm Little, as he was called at the time, endured suffocating idleness and boredom. He turned to the books in the prison ...

Ibram X. Kendi (the National Book Award-winning author of “Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America”) has rendered the story of Malcolm Little, a.k.a ...

As Malcolm Little, he was a petty crook who didn’t fully discover the power of reading until he was incarcerated — at which point he began devouring books like food. He memorized the dictionary.

"Malcolm X," which dramatized the life of Malcolm Little, from his days as a street hustler in Boston, to his fame at the pinnacle of a nationwide civil rights movement. Read the excerpt below ...