"Release government files on Malcolm X assassination" January 10, 2015
Malcolm X and his associates were under frequent FBI surveillance at the time, and the files could help provide a fuller account of the assassination. Releasing all federal records would presumably shed a light on the government’s role, as well.
So the Globe is admitting the government had a role, huh?
I must say this is one event that I had pretty much accepted the cover story of internecine politics among the nation of Islam, but now that is called into question. Certainly the FBI was spying on people then as now, but I had assumed it was more of a hands-off approach. Not that I believe any files released from government would answer any questions or be more truthful than a limited hangout.
And why is this important(?) item only brought to me in an editorial on a Saturday anyway?
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While this certainly has not been the first effort of its kind to demand answers from the federal government on Malcolm X’s assassination, 2015 is an important year for his legacy. Malcolm X, who spent about a decade living in Roxbury, would have been 90 years old in May. Then there’s the notable release of the movie “Selma,” which helps to paint a more panoramic view of American history during the civil rights era.
Related: ‘Selma’ pushed to the back of the bus
Haven't seen it, don't plan to see it, and isn't it interesting how Hollywood is always in lock-step with the agenda-pushing propaganda in a most timely fashion?
Also see: Selma: A phenomenon in the midst of a resurgent movement
More historical inaccuracies, huh?
And, in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting, the subsequent Ferguson protests, the Eric Garner case, and the #BlackLivesMatter social media campaign, releasing the Malcolm X files would resonate loudly in the current public consciousness on these social justice issues.
The public deserves to get a fuller historical record on the death of Malcolm X. Publishing all unredacted federal documents would send a strong — and much-needed — message of justice and government transparency.
Does the Globe editorial staff really expect us to take them seriously on that? If so, they are just as delusional as their elite masters.
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When one further considers Malcom X's assassination, one is taken by the fact that it occurred after X had retreated from his radicalism and was suggesting that white and black needed to come together to confront the $y$tem of cla$$. It was then, and only then, that he was murdered. Once again it looks like a case of more than Black Muslim patsies at a low level.
Three years later, the same would happen to King when he branched beyond civil rights to war and poverty. Once agitators are no longer useful tools for division....
The new civil rights.... queen?
"Madonna is defending herself against criticism after she posted Instagram photos of Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela that were altered to look like her own image on her new album. Madonna’s cover for the album ‘‘Rebel Heart’’ is a closeup of her face with black string on it. Her social media posts show the faces of King and Mandela doctored to make it appear as though they have similar string on their faces. Some consider the posts offensive. In a statement released late Friday night, Madonna said she was not comparing herself to them but acknowledging that they were rebels. She also said the images were fan-generated and defended herself against claims of racism, adding she also posted other famous faces who were not black (AP)."
UPDATE: Malcolm X, ex-Bostonian
Globe disowned him?
