At Ford’s Theatre, first-time playwright Chess Jakobs is making a sensational debut with “The American Five,” a smart and captivating origin story of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Far from a dry ...

Ellen McLarney, a professor of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University, began her remarks with an apology addressed to Malcolm X. McLarney said she was honored by the invitation to speak, ...

In September 1960, in the heart of Black America, Harlem’s Hotel Theresa became the stage for one of the world’s most monumental encounters. When Malcolm X and Fidel Castro met there 65 years ago, ...

Kirk has left an even richer video and audio trove to be mined for posterity—by critics who want to remind the world of his ...