Dr. Richard Benson II read from his new book, Fighting for Our Place in the Sun: Malcolm X and the Radicalization of the Black Student Movement 1960-1973″ at the Durham Public Library. The event was co-sponsored by SJHF, Inc./Hayti Heritage Center. Benson focused on the student movement and the shift in Black power that developed as a result, both nationwide and in Durham. One of these displays of radicalism was Malcolm X Liberation University, which was located in Durham.
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