dr. marable work with the shabazz family on the malcolm x project in fact, dr. marable was answer medal utilizing calamity and ready to help reopen the site that was at the, the former site of the audubon ballroom which is now the malcolm x memorial center. because columbia was part owner of that site. and so, dr. marable felt very deeply towards making sure that malcolm and his family deserve justice, and the kind of memorial that was worthy of malcolm's work. as a historian, and he also felt committed to, again, giving us a comprehensive portrait of malcolm in all his humanity. and understandably, this is not a hagiography. this is not a saint story. as malcolm would've been the first to tell is, he was no saint. and i think dr. marable's a portrait of malcolm, even with his human complexity, is one that is still sympathetic. it's critical, but it still gives as malcolm as a deeply compelling figure. >> zaheer ali, what is your background? >> i am a researcher, a student at columbia university, who's been as enthralled with malcolm probably since high school wh