Nikki Giovanni talks about Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X

Legendary Poet Nikki Giovanni talks about Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X on The Rock Newman Show. She talks about their importance and how bigger than life they were during her visit to The Rock Newman Show @ Busboy and Poets 14th & V Sts. NW Washington D.C.
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[@donerightac1097]

I LOVE THIS WOMAN SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR INTERVIEWING THIS SMART BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

[@tupacx9736]

I love this woman to

[@princzcantiu7027]

My sister, Nikki is always captured my undivided attention. I’m blessed to have been introduced to reading the things she have put down and I really enjoy her talking to James Baldwin. May you be blessed sister

[@Flowofwisdom]

You dear Queen, Nikki Giovanni !

[@enchantresse23]

She’s so amazing

[@michaelanderson5975]

This is an awesome program Nikki Giovanni was a beautiful intelligent poet and human being that I'm just learning more about I did study a little bit about her in college

[@papi77on]

She’s still alive

[@eddiegreen7701]

She said, "27/28 yrs old, we were beautiful" Beautiful still

[@robertdore9592]

Black don't crack :-) What's most attractive about this woman is her mind allied to a super bright personality.

[@deshonedon3666]

My favorite poet and 2nd favorite writer😍😍😍

[@notsopopuIar]

Who's your first? 🙂

[@swami1]

In June 1973, Ali guest hosted the Midday Live show on WNEW-TV 5 in New York. One of his guests that day was Nikki Giovanni. I'd love to see that show again.

[@jamberry8026]

I love both of them. And Muhammad Ali was our prince and made us forget about our oppression for a minute.

[@OGfromQueens]

I love you Queen Nikki!!!!!!

[@josephwheeler6674]

Powerful interview!

[@pebblesstone1316]

Enjoyed this interview !!!

[@Brownliciouss]

i absolutely agree with what they said about the movie 'Ali'...The movie didnt capture the greatness, the charisma, the energy, the intelligence, the courage of muhammed Ali. He was more than just a boxer and thats what made him the greatest of all time. i dont think the movie represents Ali's life. there was no script, no storyline wich made the movie at times boring. Will smith did a great job acting but i think a great Ali movie is yet to come.

[@eaqua56]

It was a safe movie and Ali wasn’t necessarily a safe man.

[@nicolas4you]

I agree

[@YogeyThaYogetta]

priceless wisdom

[@omargreen3078]

Beautiful!

[@d9daprogrammer]

Empress Giovanni is and forever will be a BLACK treasure.

[@arnibah]

Nikki told the truth!!!

[@bennycarson438]

She aged beautifully black just don't crack

[@nicholarichards4803]

Love Nikki Giovanni

[@thedarkwolfking6849]

Was in Love with Nikki when eye was little

[@Beatsfool]

some good conversation.

[@peterharris574]

Walked on by Nikki at Hampton Institute many years ago.She spoke but my head was in dark cloud, SO I REPLIED NOT.That was dumb.Good morning Nikki!

[@fantagrape682]

For Elijah Muhammad to be referred to as 'the messenger' is really upsetting to me as a Muslim. My Allah swt guide these confused people. It's blasphemy!!!

[@gustistan4654]

What she says is of great importance and very interesting. We had the black panther, the black movement that made sure the colored people got food, education, could borrow money, got jobs and at the same time saw the CIA ruin this whole movement with cheap drugs and New York and the Bronx became drug towns and some people bought up all the real estate they could get their hands on and today they are billionaires. Absolutely for the sake of being able to make an epic film series for several seasons on Netflix... if I had money then I would have really portrayed these people from the beginning, in parallel until they meet and portrayed all these others who were behind the black movement that was successful but which the CIA made sure to crumble...with drugs.

[@Hasnanembong]

So it's confirmed. Muhammad Ali didn't take women as his mistress. He married all of them and since he's a muslim he could take multiple wives at one time. As Nikki said it at 1:30, both of them, two wives.

[@bluebirdredrobin6827]

He also had side chicks

[@jackrain7905]

norizanmohd What are you wanna about?

[@independenceboyd2042]

norizanmohd are you sure its not because he had a divorce and remarried? smh

[@renettejones478]

He was married four separate times.

[@alwatson6127]

Malcolm was betrayed!!!

[@conniemartinez2690]

It’s like she viewed Malcolm as being wrong for calling out the great Elijah Mohammad. Smh

[@terryseldon42]

Malcolm was wrong bruh... Malcolm betrayed Elijah

[@terryseldon42]

Yall got to respect people their at the time . like Dick Gregory . Jackie Robinson..ELIJAH THE ONLY ONE THAT LOVED MALCOLM WHEN NO ONE DID. EVERYONE GIVEN UP ON HIM A BUM IN PRISON.ELIJAH WROTE HIM SENT HIM MONEY AS ELIJAH DID MANY OF PRISONERS THAT WROTE HIM..

[@bossplayermfs5972]

@@terryseldon42That’s 🐂💩 brother minister Malcolm X never “betrayed” Elijah Poole if wasn’t for Malcolm the NOI wouldn’t be nowhere near as famous as it was it was Malcolm that increased the membership for 400 to 40,000 from 4 temples to 29 even created the “Muhammad Speaks” newspaper and mentored/taught plenty of both ranking file ministers and brothers who ushered in the temples. Elijah should’ve owned up to his indiscretions and settled his problems with those women who sued him for paternity disputes and his sons Elijah Jr. and Herbert Muhammad who didn’t like Malcolm and constantly talking bad him and the informants who in the NOI causing trouble.

[@neldadon]

Sincere men of God Ali and x

[@randombrokeperson]

What she said at 7:21...I'm glad she said it.

[@bornwu7809]

That's Right sister you can't love Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X and not at least respect the most Honorable Elijah Muhammad he is a very great man

[@ATATURKdusmanlarininAMK_NJ]

I'm Muslim nd i love my müslim brothers like ali like malcom but fuck that sneaky fake so called Elijah Muhammad he was fake Muslim bro I'm telling you

[@emilio2647]

Born Wu what about Louis Farrakhan?🤔

[@jeffreyconyers8735]

We can admire and not admire anyone we like.

[@hiitsme3039]

Young Turk he influence Malcolm to find the truth

[@brodocbetty4856]

We respect Ali and Malcolm X for being true honest Muslim Brothers We don't respect Elijah Muhammad because he was a lying Hypocrite and false prophet.

[@caqlicade534]

God bless Muhammad Ali

[@Gee904]

Talk about it Nikki!!! All Praise due to Allah for The Honor Elijah Muhammad.

[@lutfurrahman2761]

All praise due to Allah for prophet Muhammad peace be upon him

[@ileenrandle3558]

❤️

[@malachijustice1397]

Look at my beautiful sister

[@dirkwhite2678]

Hello queen I am so in love with you until it's not even funny. This was great Rock did a great job by just letting you talk,

[@sarak4217]

This Eliaja man was not a messenger. Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) was the Last Messenger sent by ALLAH the Almighty. End of. All else are false prophets

[@mariep.harrislivingmybestl2253]

I love this writer. However, I disagree with her on the Director Spike Lee biographic On MALCOLM X. The art form of Cinema 🎥 is quite different from the art form of Writing. The movie 🎬 by Spike Lee will be used as an epic to show and teach people about the impact and complexity MALCOLM X experience as a Black Man in America 🇺🇸.

[@powerplay4real174]

I really appreciated the Malcolm X movie but she is correct it was done with so much cut out and although at this point I have not seen the movie 'Ali' staring William Smith aka the fresh prince im sure it was choped up as well. I'm gonna put it on my list ,but I have seen many real Muhammad Ali documentaries as well as the Greatest where he played his self. And as for Elijah Muhammad well he probably won't make a good movie the it's been many books and stories about him and his family or families. 😊

[@thegiftedmedia]

The best.

[@marshallzinhurimwe9551]

Nikki was once cute you know back in the days.

[@thatlittlezombie]

She still is.

[@OGfromQueens]

@@thatlittlezombie it's always some big belly slew foot man talking about a woman's looks. This woman fought and write about our plight!!!

[@lordX39]

Terrance Howard knocked it out park.

[@tanyasmith4380]

"WHY DON'T WE SEE AN EPIC (MOVIE) OF WHAT BLACK MEN HAVE ACCOMPLISHED?" "..WE R BEGINNING TO SEE THE RISE OF PPL OF COLOR...THE RESSOURCES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON OUR OWN" WHATEVER. 12119 447

[@MRSMORRIS74]

You have,all the right ideabut,spike lee did,a great job in making Malcolm X!

[@augustekouassi2963]

MRSMORRIS74 no, he did not ! Not his fault though !

[@fawadahmedshaikh718]

This guy's a poet.luks like an RJ to m

[@shanereeve8123]

yes make a movie of great black people men and women

[@2dasimmons]

Wow. Rock Newman could've passed for white much like John Boehner's mother.

[@2dasimmons]

Are you sure?

[@2dasimmons]

I have. He looks as black as Michael Jackson's daughter and sons.

[@2dasimmons]

Nonsense. So this man IS black.

[@2dasimmons]

Good-bye!

[@2dasimmons]

He IS black. Have you ever seen a picture of him as a young man? What does he say he is? THIS IS NOT RACHEL DOLEZAL!

[@nicolas4you]

Ali starring Will Smith was certainly a flawed film. And anyone who knew the Ali story knows this. Historically incorrect and not compelling enough. This period of time in history was very compelling. To not show the real reason why Ali was taking on Joe Frazier so early after he was ALLOWED to fight again was a travesty. The case against Ali was going to heard sometime in May or June in the supreme court. It turned out to be June and Ali would win the case. But no one knew he was going to win. So Ali was basically trying to get a large payday before possibly going to prison. There was an urgency that was never showed in the film. Cus told Ali that he didn't think that he was in fighting trim to take on Joe so soon but Ali couldn't wait with the Supreme case looming. I gave Smith a B for his acting but like Nikki and Rock mentioned it's hard to play Ali. It was not a good script and should have been a more serious film on an important time.

[@dfwboxingisback9173]

Newman still shady AF. Ha ha

[@bossplayermfs5972]

Yea he stole $15 million dollars from Riddick Bowe when he was managing him.

[@lofireflexology]

Damn. For a second I thought Rock was coming out of the closet.

[@blackdragon176]

to mrsmorris, Malcolm x was a terrible movie!

[@alwatson6127]

She's a fool!!!!

[@conniemartinez2690]

Right?!?!?

[@theprofessor8589]

I think calling Elijah Muhummad a 'Great man' goes a bit too far. Never really cared for Nikki Giavonni anyway. Her comdemnation of Bill Cosby made me care even less.

[@thatlittlezombie]

... Condemning Cosby shows that she cares about women. He totally messed up.

[@hitman9723]

Elijah Muhammad was great in his own way.

[@ctapplin]

Man fix your glasses... Lol

[@bobbyenglish7956]

THE CHARACTER OF CASSIUS CLAY aka MUHAMMAD ALI To understand it better, I turn to Jack Cashill, author of the book, Sucker Punch: The Hard Left Hook That Dazed Ali and Killed King's Dream. Here is an excerpt, reviewing Ali's negative accomplishments during his first crucial years in the public eye, 1960-75: • Ali knowingly betrayed Malcolm X, a betrayal that led at least indirectly to Malcolm's assassination. • Ali publicly turned his back on his press secretary, Leon 4X Ameer, which led to Ameer's death. • When Nation of Islam activists executed five friends and family of the Hanafi sect-four of them children-Ali did not quit the Nation or even publicly protest. Nor did the media ask him to. • For at least four years running Ali publicly degraded Joe Frazier, often along the crudest racial lines. "There's a great honor about Joe," says baseball great Reggie Jackson. "That was evident in the way he fought. And Muhammad ridiculed Joe; he humiliated him in front of the world." • Ali also verbally and physically abused Floyd Patterson and Ernie Terrell, two men who did not deserve it. • Ali was an unapologetic sexist. "In the Islamic world," he told Playboy, "the man's the boss, and the woman stays in the background. She don't want to call the shots." He wrote this in 1975, three years into the doomed struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. Feminists still wrestle over this one. • While the black family was under assault, with its rate of unwed births nearly tripling during these fifteen years, Ali was fathering children out of wedlock with at least one teenage girl. • He also was about to leave four of his children without a father in the home after rejecting their Muslim mother for a more glamorous, only marginally black eighteen year-old. • Belinda Ali was the second wife he had publicly humiliated. Sonji was the first. • Ali remained an unabashed racist, calling for an American apartheid and the lynching of interracial couples as late as 1975. • In the years that mattered, Ali drove a wedge between the races. This may not have been evident to the cultural elite, but anyone who had been at Gary or like venues would know exactly what I mean. • He routinely denigrated black heroes who did not share his point of view, Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, and Thurgood Marshall among them. • He continuously belittled and undermined Christianity, a bedrock of cultural stability in black America. • Ali shamelessly courted some of the most brutal dictators on the planet: Qaddafi, Idi Amin, Papa Doc Duvalier, Nkrumah, Mobutu, Marcos. • One of those dictators, Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Wa Za Banga, was complicit in the death of the black nationalist hero, Patrice Lumumba. • Ali helped launch the career of Don King. Ali's daughter married a JEW and is rearing their son as a JEW! ALLAH & MUHAMMAD HATED JEWS!

[@mariadecosta]

u keep quoting him from 1975. when he accepted Islam...the REAL, non-Elijah/Farrakhan version...his demeanour had changed. as it was the case for El-Shabazz (Malcolm). both stopped racist tones, n geared their lives towards Islam...it's called growing up. Ali, has actually publicly stated his biggest regret was not standing with El-Shabaz, n all the subsequent events that follows...that he wished he could change that if he could go back! videos are up on KZbin. he grew up, he changed, he is/was a champ for THAT reason. he was a dimensional person. rough edges, regrets, cocky, n then filled with love, n higher understanding. I hope he can make amends with El-Shabaz now...I hope they both find their peace. shame on u for only stating his past (in his state of ignorance, n misguided trust)...n not stating his change (when he chose to leave NOI, n really practice peace). truth will out. I'm grateful the videos are out on line...or I too would have thought he was racist, n sexist all his life. but he changed, n grew to be a person worth admiring (but not to worship!). after all, he was just human. one who tried. n that's more than I can say about 99% of us.

[@margaretopine9395]

SO THEN...WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? THERE WERE "RACIST" THEN TOO? IT IS STUPID TO CLAIM A WHOLE NATION OF PEOPLE ARE UNINTELLIGENT WHEN WE HAVE ALREADY PROVEN THAT IS STUPID.

[@MrWARHAMMER68]

@Bobby English --- Speaking from the position of one who has lived in that era , I can confidentially say that 95 % of what you have written is bullshit. And the parts that isn't are totally irrelevant . There are no solutions to any problems in a black community coming from people like you. You are a devilish , Caucasian troll ....nothing more. Aside from a few technological inventions ; your kind has been nothing but a contagious disease to black folk (spiritually , socially , intellectually , morally and economically). Your comments are worthless.

[@TheTessEffects]

Bobby English, can you post the positive? No one is perfect. It seemed he changed as he got older. When you know better you do better.

[@jazzmanchgo]

@@bobbyenglish7956 Ali was a human being; he was not perfect. Later in life, he admitted that in his younger years he had done some things he regretted (or at least thought better of) later on. His life was a long process of growth and evolution -- as all of our lives are. What Nikki is saying about Elijah and Malcolm is that we need to understand the complexity and nuances of their relationship, their disagreements, and their legacy. Why can't we see "great" (monumental/important/influential) men and women as fully human, sometimes flawed, and still honor and praise them for the good they did and the good they were?

[@Baldrick_dogsbody]

Who knew back in the 70's the beautiful woman Nicki would turn into a lesbian.?

[@anotherpointofview222]

She was a beautiful women. She did not "turn into a lesbian." She always was and remained a woman. The labels applied to the behavior of men in women, as to the various expressions of their sexuality, does not redefine them as men and women. All that to say, "A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman." Much of beauty is in what you see as beautiful.

[@leodurocher5454]

is she a lesbian?

[@LifeIsNotorious]

No

[@randombrokeperson]

If she was? Why do you care?