Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X

Amiri Baraka and Bill Fletcher, Jr., offer conflicting perspectives on Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X. Also, Patrick Dooley discusses a Tom Stoppard play about radical thinkers in 19th-century Russia.
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Against the Grain - April 10, 2012 at 12:00pm

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The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination

Alondra Nelson, author of "Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination," talks to Sasha Lilley about the little known history of the Black Panther's medical activism, from setting up free clinics to genetic screening for sickle cell anemia.
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Against the Grain with Sasha Lilley - April 9, 2012 at 12:00pm

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