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Malcolm X and Literature
May 24 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Join us for the sixth installment in our series commemorating the 100th birthday of Malcolm X—Presentations and discussion with Laini Mataka, Nubia Kai, Kenneth Carroll, Kelly Navies and Brian Gilmore!
About Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a minister, civil rights activist, and prominent Black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and 1960s. Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at the time he was released from prison in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960. A naturally gifted orator, Malcolm X exhorted Black people to cast off the shackles of racism “by any means necessary,” including violence. The fiery civil rights leader broke with the Nation of Islam shortly before his assassination in 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City, where he had been preparing to deliver a speech. He was 39 years old.
BRIAN GILMORE
Native born Washingtonian, poet, public interest lawyer, and Senior Lecturer at University of Maryland – College Park. Author of four collections of poetry, including ‘come see about me marvin’, (Wayne State University Press), a 2020 Michigan Notable Book Award Recipient.
