Because of some scurrilous remarks he made (including in this 1963 video), Malcolm X never got the recognition he deserved in mainstream culture. He had a brilliant mind and cut through all the bullcrap, and it’s still painful that one of our best and brightest sons lived in a situation that forced him to turn against his country. Shame on all these well-heeled reporters for giving him such a difficult time over his name change. Shame also on all the journalists who kept referring to Muhammad Ali as “Cassius Clay” after his own name change. When people have had their history stolen from them, they have the every right to remake their present and future.