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DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

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SPECIAL BOSTON THROWBACK: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF HAKIM JAMAL

Written by GEORGE HASSETT Posted February 18, 2020 Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction

Friday marks 55 years since the assassination of Malcolm X, and the complexities of his life and his death are increasingly being examined from different angles. A lesser-known but fascinating character in Malcolm X’s life is Hakim Jamal, his “cousin” who, like Malcolm X, transformed from a Roxbury hoodlum to an author and activist.

Filed Under: FEATURES, Non-fiction Tagged With: Activism, Black History, black panthers, Boston, Boston History, Dead Level, Detroit Red, Hakim Jamal, Heroin, Louis X, Malcolm Little, malcolm x, Michael X, Roxbury, throwback, throwbacks

DETROIT RED: MALCOLM X COMES OF AGE IN BOSTON

Written by GREG COOK Posted January 30, 2020 Filed Under: Performing Arts

Section of DETROIT RED. Illustrated by Zlatko Mitev

“A lot of people in Boston don’t associate Malcolm X with being a Boston figure. They don’t claim him. Let’s rediscover our own heroes and reclaim them and understand the complexities of who they were.”

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: ArtsEmerson, Detroit Red, Emerson Paramount, Greg Cook, Interview, malcolm x, theater, Will Power

GUEST OP-ED: WALSH ADMINISTRATION PLAYS THE SAME OLD RACE CONVERSATION GAME

Written by JAMARHL CRAWFORD Posted December 14, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The voice that was missing, and that is also the one that is always shut out of these “open” conversations, is again that of the radical, the revolutionary.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Boston, Blackstonian, Boston, Boston City Hall, Boston Resilient Cities, busing, CUTLER MAJESTIC THEATRE, eugenics, Jamarhl Crawford, malcolm x, mayor Marty Walsh, My Brother's Keeper, Police Commissioner William Evans, race, race in Boston, race talks, Rockefeller, Roxbury

AUTHOR Q&A: JESSE WALKER AND ‘THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA’

Written by ANDREW QUEMERE Posted May 27, 2015 Filed Under: A+E

"I think there's a lot of unanswered questions about the Malcolm X assassination."

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: andrew quemere, author interviews, Boston Marathon Bombing, chemtrails, conspiracy theories, Jesse Walker, malcolm x, Manning Marable, Oklahoma City, paranoia, United States of paranoia

WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? X

Written by PATT KELLEY Posted May 24, 2015 Filed Under: Comedy

Filed Under: Comedy Tagged With: malcolm x, Patt Kelley, pirates, treasure, What's for Breakfast

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