REMEMBERING MALCOLM X ON HIS BIRTHDAY

May 19th is the date one of the most influential and greatest African Americans in history was born, El Haaj Malik El-Shabazz, known to us as Malcolm X.

Today marks what would be the civil rights activist's 85th birthday. He was many things to many people, but he was nothing short of legendary. He is credited with pushing for democracy in modern Black America, spreading Islam in black communities and boosting the morale of African Americans.

He once said he wanted "to bring about the complete independence of people of African descent here in the western hemisphere...and bring about the freedom of these people by any means necessary."

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The only grandson of Malcolm X will speak at a statewide birthday celebration for the civil rights activist.

Malcolm Lateff Shabazz will deliver remarks about his grandfather's legacy at the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center in Annapolis on Thursday night.

The event is being organized in part by Carl Snowden, the civil rights director for the Maryland attorney general's office. Snowden says it's important that Marylanders understand why Malcolm X continues to be so influential in the black community.

Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965. Had he lived, he would have turned 86 on Thursday.