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Malcolm X said that if somebody is holding a gun on you, your first job is to knock the gun out of the hand.

Not just for “Do the Right Thing,” which today is an inarguable masterpiece, or for Lee, who reminded the crowd that it was also Malcolm X’s 100th birthday.

In his new book about Malcolm X, Mark Whitaker deftly outlines the slain Black activist’s wide-ranging cultural influence and the resonance his words have today.

But Malcolm X, who was assassinated in 1965 shortly after breaking with the Nation of Islam, never really went out of style.

Henley said he made money selling drugs but decided to stop after reading “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.”