The voice of Malcolm X, silenced so abruptly in 1965, speaks today to more people than ever before. His autobiography sells 150,000 copies a year. Malcolm X's life represent an extraordinary evolution and transformation from street hustler and ex-con to an intellectual visionary with a race and class analysis. He articulated a strong challenge to the system of power and privilege. His legacy grows and expands. Malcolm X continues to inform and influence new generations of African Americans and people of color everywhere.

Michael Eric Dyson
Michael Eric Dyson is University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, teaching courses in theology, English, and African American studies. He is also a leading scholar on hip-hop music. Author of many books, his latest are "Know What I Mean?: Reflections on Hip Hop" and "April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King's Death and How it Changed America."