The civil rights activist had six children: Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah, Malikah and Malaak Emily Blackwood is a writer and editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

Put yourself inside a 6-by-8-foot prison cell, no window, bare concrete walls. A concrete slab juts out from the wall with a mattress to lay on. There’s a creaky desk and chair and, in the corner, a ...

As Malcolm X's centenary approaches, books about his life have been flowing fast, furious and by any means necessary. (Robert Haggins / Associated Press) At a time when the federal government is ...

At a time when the federal government is conducting a radical erasure of Black history in the name of fighting diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and school libraries are banning books about ...