On April 4, 1967, King delivered “Beyond Vietnam,” one of his most dramatic and controversial speeches, at Riverside Church on 121st Street. An utter denunciation of the war in Vietnam and indictment of American imperialism, the speech linked critiques of U.S. foreign and domestic policies. King lamented, “We have been repeatedly faced with the cruel irony…
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? For Dr. King, it was the 100th Birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois, a pioneer in the African-American community. The event, held on February 23, 1968, was King’s final major public address, and his last appearance in New York City. W.E.B. Du Bois was a titan of his time, a…
Gotham’s most historic murder was the shooting of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, formerly known as Malcolm X. Malcolm X’s career was inextricably bound to New York City, the place that brought him fame and saw his demise on February 21, 1965. Born in Detroit in 1925, Malcolm Little converted to the Nation of Islam while in prison, and upon…
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