
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Malcolm X, the fearless leader that the actor and activist Ossie Davis described as one of Harlem’s “brightest hopes”, the “stormy, controversial and bold young…
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux — Malcolm X, the fearless leader that the actor and activist Ossie Davis described as one of Harlem’s “brightest hopes”, the “stormy, controversial and bold young…
May 19, 2025 Malcolm X Day Edition of Vantage Point The Professor, Dr. Ron Daniels, is joined by special guests Schmeeka Simpson of the Malcolm X Memorial Foundation (Omaha, NE)…
A historic tribute from La Digue, Grenada—marking Malcolm’s 100th and unveiling the future memorial site of his mother, Louise Langdon Little. May 17, 2025 — Presented by the Institute of…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — It is only right, good and reflective of the high homage we owe and offer her, that in this Black History Month II – Women…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — In this Black History Month II: Women Focus, I reach back to retrieve and share a hallowed homage to my mother, our mother, righteous representative…
When the President asks you a question, either say what people want to hear or you speak the truth. By David Love, The Black Commentator — Long before Alicia Keys,…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — Part 1. As we move from February, the month of the martyrdom of Nana Haji Malcolm X and into the month of March, I want…
Overview: Originally published on Feb. 3, 2019 in The Haitian Times, this article explores the life of Mary Ellen Pleasant, a Haitian-descended entrepreneur and abolitionist who used her wealth and…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels Back in the day in Youngstown, Ohio, as a young aspiring Black Power, Black Nationalist, Pan Africanist, Internationalist organizer, advocate…
By Sean Gallagher, AAIHS — In the past decade, scholars of Early America have produced a series of subaltern studies on enslaved women before the law. Books by Jessica Millward and Martha Jones have…
By Julianne Malveaux — Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) didn’t lose many battles, but she succumbed to pancreatic cancer on July 19. She tackled the disease like she tackled so…
Vantage Point Vignettes Comments and Commentary by Dr. Ron Daniels We received the news a few weeks ago that the Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee was diagnosed with the dread and…