They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most iconic ...

In Martyrs to the Unspeakable, James Douglass tells of four Americans who challenged the established violence of the U.S. government — and were killed for it.

Kelsey Grammer recently explained why Beast, the character he played in the X-Men movies, is very similar to that of a very ...

This article and interview originally appeared in All About History magazine issue 96. "The Sword And The Shield" by Dr Peniel E Joseph is available from Basic Books. They didn't hold high public ...