Malcolm X would have turned 100 years old today. We revisit a series of conversations about why Americans so often overlook Malcolm X when it comes to Black History Month celebrations and formal education spaces. 

GUESTS:

• John Aerni-Flessner, associate professor for the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities at Michigan State University
• Kidada Williams, associate professor of African American and American history at Wayne State University
• Herb Boyd, Detroit writer, journalist, and activist

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