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Editor Joe Wood told the contributors he wanted no "celebrations" of Malcolm X, and they have responded appropriately, making clear their debt to Malcolm's thought while remaining unafraid to criticize him. They have engaged his ideological legacy in deep and meaningful ways.
This collection is distinguished by a bold refusal to stay put ideologically; the writers speak to, and frequently against, one another. For example, Deidre Bailey, a student activist at Spelman College, praises KRS-One and Public Enemy as heirs to Malcolm X's legacy, calling them "two strong rap artists...
The armed forces, whose installations cover 25.6 million acres of America, have for decades allowed the leakage of oil and other fuels, drained toxic chemicals into waterways, dumped lethal sludge at unlined landfills and littered the country with unexploded shells and bombs. Military bases often sit astride local water sources...
In the only interview Smith granted after last week's coup, he bristled at such criticism and sought to burnish his legacy, telling the Detroit Free Press that Electronic Data Systems, which GM bought in 1984 for $2.5 billion, is now worth seven times that amount and that Hughes Aircraft...
"Legacy"--preference for alumni children and athletes--plays an important role in the admissions process. Jerome Karabel and David Karen wrote in The New York Times on December 8, 1990 that "the image of institutions like Harvard as bastions of academic meritocracy that bend their rigorous standards only for certain...