In "The Afterlife of Malcolm X: An Outcast Turned Icon's Enduring Impact on America" (to be published May 13 by Simon & Schuster), journalist Mark Whitaker looks at how the influence of the ...

Mark Whitaker's new book deftly traces Malcolm X's enduring cultural impact six decades after he was assassinated. (Bettmann Archive via Getty Images) If you were around in the early ’90s you saw a ...

It’s been 100 years since Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and 60 years since he was assassinated. His expansive legacy is the focus of a new book written by journalist Mark Whitaker. He sat ...

Mark Whitaker has jumped ship from NBC News, where as vice president he was the highest-ranking person of color, to CNN, where he will hold that same distinction. Whitaker was named to the newly ...

As pundit David Brooks once opined, the United States is a creedal nation: “Almost every significant movement in American history has been led by people calling upon us to live up to our creed.” Few ...

“I approached the book the way I’d been trained to report any story, which was not to pass judgment, not to have an agenda, but to hear everyone’s side and really get it right,” says CNN Worldwide ...