The BIG Problem:

While no network has yet been pegged, David Matthews (Boardwalk Empire, Tyrant) has signed on to write the script as well as co-executive produce the series along with others on the studio’s team. The bigger problem here is that although Marable won the Pulitzer Prize for this work, many in the conscious Black community are outraged at the way Malcolm X was depicted. They allege that the book contains blatant lies and should have never been published.

Author #KarlEvanzz petitions to demand apology from publisher of Manning Marable book on #MalcolmX https://t.co/Wthni0E1h3 @MarableLegacy pic.twitter.com/iLdR7BZ09P

— Richard Prince (@princeeditor) August 30, 2017

A Change.org petition started by author Karl Evanzz is demanding a public apology from Viking Press and Zaheer Ali, the primary spokesman for the book. Two allegations in particular, Evanzz says, are “outright lies.”

“That Malcolm X, the married father of six children, was romantically involved with 18-year old Sharon 6X Shabazz (Poole) at the time of his death and that Malcolm X was involved in a homosexual relationship with a middle-aged white man in the late 1944,” the petition reads.

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Unadulterated Slander?

Evanzz is not the only one who believes that Marable’s book amounts to pure unadulterated slander. In 2012, Dr. Jared Ball spoke to the San Francisco Bay View about the book he helped edit called A Lie of Reinvention: Correcting Manning Marable’s Malcolm X. He says that the issue is bigger than just factual error.

“What has come from Marable and Viking Press is a corporate product, a simple commodity to be traded, but for more than money,” Ball said. “It is a carefully constructed ideological assault on history, on radical politics, on historical and cultural memory, on the very idea of revolution.”

Writer and poet Amiri Baraka also refuted claims in Marable’s book in an interview on Democracy Now!:

Critical Content’s project is still very much in the planning phases. Therefore, it is quite possible that those who challenge the accuracy of the content in Marable’s book may be able to pressure studios to pass on the proposed television drama. When it comes to preserving the legacy of Black historical figures, there are some people who will fight to the bitter end. Keep your eye on this one, folks.

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The $50,000 donation that RushCard has made to the organization will underwrite the training of volunteers in the areas of first aid, CPR, self-defense, conflict resolution, and “proper handling of people.” The classes will prepare local residents to patrol their own neighborhoods reducing the need for police intervention. Keeping true to their own motto, they are “present for peace.”

“I think it’s very important to get people involved in watching each other’s children and also keeping an eye on supporting, really supporting law enforcement,” Simmons told the Chicago Tribune.

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PGI is part of RushCard’s “Keep the Peace” initiative which is a nationwide plan to bring a stop to violence among our youth. The Chicago kickoff is scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 2:30 p.m. at Larry’s Barber College located at 10456 S. Halsted Street.

But the barbershop talks will not stop there. Dennis Muhammad will be hosting some 15 additional events at barber and beauty shops around the city for the next few weeks. He says that historically barbers and beauticians have had a very influential role in the Black community.

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“Recognizing the great role our barbers and beautician[s] in the community. And the influence and trust they have…teacher, consoler, Minister, psychologist, father, mother, friend…this is the way of mobilizing and organizing our young people,” Muhammad wrote on his Instagram page. “Meet them where they are!! Salute to all the barbers and beautician[s] around the country!! We [are] coming to a city near you!!”

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The Peacekeepers Global Initiative has been successful in establishing some 31 chapters around the country and in the U.K. Simmons’ contribution will help establish new chapters in Chicago and Atlanta. Considering the rampant gun violence, murder, and and incidents of police brutality in every major U.S. city, instituting a neighborhood watch-style approach to saving our communities has proven to be especially effective. It sounds like this initiative is an idea whose time has come.

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