In the late 1960s, Muhammad Speaks was the most circulated Black newspaper in America. It was often associated with the fiery images and ominous messaging of its front pages. Far more than a sensationalist tabloid, the paper stood out in Black communities for its grassroots investigative journalism and critique of structural racism. It also served as an important source of information for racial justice organizations, like CORE and the NAACP, as well as those surveilling Black communities such as the FBI and the KKK. (Illustration by Eugene Majied, Muhammad Speaks, April 12, 1968, p. 7.)

This event is offered as an in-person event in the Pond Room in the Michigan Union. It will also be available virtually on Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98413159103, meeting ID number 984 1315 9103, passcode 322598.

Khuram Hussain is Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Associate Professor of Education Studies at Middlebury College. He holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University, where he was awarded the All-University Dissertation Prize. In addition to his DEI work, he teaches classes that explore social movements for racial justice in schools and the pedagogy of democratic, multicultural classrooms.