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Film Screening - Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Sun, May 11

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Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe

Join us for the fourth installment in our series commemorating the 100th birthday of Malcolm X—activist, orator, and enduring symbol of Black liberation—with a screening and discussion with Dr. Greg Carr.

Time & Location

May 11, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe, 2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

Guests

About The Event

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.


Dr. Greg Carr


Greg Carr is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Chair of the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University and Adjunct Faculty at the Howard…


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    Thank you for donating! All contributions go toward the completion of Haile Gerima's upcoming film, "BLACK LIONS - ROMAN WOLVES. Thank you for your intentionality in supporting us.

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