An opera about civil rights leader Malcolm X opens Friday — nearly 40 years after X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X premiered. The creative team says its message feels more relevant than ever.
The University of Rhode Island removed the inscription from the facade of its library 30 years after Black students protested because they said it misrepresented the fuller meaning his message.
Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz and attorney Ben Crump talk to Morning Edition's Leila Fadel about their plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the NYPD and other government agencies.
Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam spent more than a half-century being thought of as murderers of one of the nation's most important Black leaders in 1965.