![]() ![]() Shabazz says we must still fight to end police brutality, and we must still fight to end injustice. Though it’s been 55 years since Malcolm X’s assassination, the killings of Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery remind those carrying on X’s legacy that too little has changed. “We organized this day so that we could not only celebrate Malcolm,” says Shabazz, “but so that we could also create an alliance, and have people see the importance of coming together, the importance of planning, and strategizing around whatever it is we need to accomplish.” ![]() “You can’t help but to rely on his words as a reaction or precursor to what is happening today and what has continually happened,” Shabazz says, while also touting it as an opportunity for people to come together and acknowledge who her father really was and what it means a cohesive community, to be united in its fight for equity. Al Sharpton and Ayanna Pressley, “ Malcolm X Day” according to Shabazz, is a time to explore what his legacy means in this moment. With special musical guests Erykah Badu, Common, Chuck D., and Stevie Wonder, along with political activists like Angela Davis, the Rev. ![]() WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: Ilyasah Shabazz (L) and Angela Davis attends the rally at the Women’s March on Washington on Januin Washington, DC. ![]()
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