Louis Farrakhan

Mike Wallace dies at 93; '60 Minutes' pioneer

2012-04-09 00:00:00

As the self-described "black hat" of television's premier newsmagazine "60 Minutes," Mike Wallace crafted a persona of a probing reporter known for his often caustic questioning of sometimes reluctant guests on the program. Beginning in 1968, as one of...

Farrakhan's right to speak at Berkeley event is defended

2012-03-11 16:34:57

Remembering Mike Wallace

2012-04-08 16:38:33

Book Review: 'Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention' by Manning Marable

2011-06-05 00:00:00

Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention Manning Marable Viking: 594 pp., $30 Malcolm X never died. While his contemporary Martin Luther King Jr. lives on in the noble but fixed ideal of a racially unified and enlightened America, Malcolm lives on in the fluid...

Gag order issued in trial of UC students accused of disrupting speech by Israeli ambassador

2011-05-13 21:35:28

Book review: 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family' by Condoleezza Rice

2010-10-16 00:00:00

As national security advisor and then secretary of State to President George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice never displayed any doubt or admitted any errors in the White House decisions that led to war in Iraq. -------------------- FOR THE RECORD:...

Book reviews: 'Preaching With Sacred Fire' and 'The Anthology of Rap'

2010-12-26 00:00:00

Preaching With Sacred Fire An Anthology of African American Sermons, 1750 to the Present Edited by Martha Simmons and Frank A. Thomas W.W. Norton: 976 pp., $45 The Anthology of Rap Edited by Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois Yale University Press:...

'The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama' by David Remnick

2010-03-28 00:00:00

On Oct. 9, 2009, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs woke up at dawn and received startling news from Oslo. President Obama, only 48, had just received the Nobel Peace Prize. Usually, this most prestigious of awards honors lifetime accomplishment...

'Curb Your Enthusiasm': Never leaving the past (behind)

2009-11-15 21:34:21

Michael Jackson hailed during emotional memorial service

2009-07-07 13:07:00

Music legends, sports figures, and civil rights leaders paid tribute to Michael Jackson today during an emotional, song-filled service at Staples Center that was part polished entertainment, part revival meeting. Jackson was praised as a music pioneer...

Brand X Files: Max Headroom returns. Liberals are smarter than consevatives. Courtney Love overshares.

2010-03-01 16:35:04

McCain's Web gap is showing

2008-05-30 00:00:00

The video lasts just more than three minutes. But that's long enough to raise some nasty doubts about John McCain's reputation as a straight talker. There's the Arizona senator arguing both sides of President Bush's tax cuts. Here's the supposed...

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan visits President Mandela at his Johannesburg residence.

2013-03-09 10:11:00

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan at a March 2011 in Chicago.

2012-02-26 12:40:00

Women stand in the aisles before Minister Louis Farrakhan, the longtime leader of the Nation of Islam, gives a speech at the annual Founder's Day event at the United Center in Chicago on Sunday.

2012-02-26 00:00:00