today in black history

February 21, 2026

El Haji Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem in New York City on this date in 1965.

Black Elected Officials, 1999

POSTED: November 30, -0001

The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies explores the status of Black elected officials in the United States in 1999.