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'{{orphan|date=December 2018}} '''Malcolm London''' is an American poet, educator, "[[Artivism|artivist]]" and musician.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-poet-activist-malcolm-london-kogan-sidewalks-ent-0418-20170417-column.html|title=Malcolm London is a Chicago poet with places to go and a person to be|last=Kogan|first=Rick|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> He is one of three artists on the [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] documentary piece, “Saving Chicago: Inside Hip-Hop's Movement to Make Chicago a Better Place”.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://malcolmlondon.com/about/|title=About|website=Malcolm London|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> == Biography == London, who is [[African-American]], was born in 1993 and grew up in the west side of Chicago in a neighborhood called [[Austin, Chicago|Austin]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wnur.org/interview/interview-with-malcolm-london/|title=Interview with Malcolm London|date=2017-06-29|website=WNUR|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2012-10-12-ct-ae-1014-kogan-sidewalks-20121012-story.html|title=Teen poet thirsts for knowledge|last=Sidewalks|first=Rick Kogan's|website=chicagotribune.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> He first started writing poems when he was 12 and poetry quickly became an important part of London's life.<ref name=":1" /> He attended [[Lincoln Park High School (Chicago)|Lincoln Park High School]] and in his sophomore year he won individual honors at the Louder Than A Bomb youth poetry competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ebony.com/entertainment/malcolm-london/|title=Malcolm London on Activism and Using Art to Create Change • EBONY|date=2016-11-04|website=EBONY|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> When he was 20, he participated in a TED talk where he read a portion of his poem, "High School Training Grounds".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2"/> After graduating from high school in 2011, London began working for Kevin Coval, a fellow poet and educator who helped create the Louder Than A Bomb poetry festival. London was paid to help with the organization Young Chicago Authors, talking at local schools and running poetry workshops with students in the area.<ref name=":1" /> In January 2012, London worked with actor [[Matt Damon]] as part of an event called "The People Speak Live!". The event was a portion of a large project based on Howard Zinn's [[Voices of a People's History of the United States]].<ref name=":1" /> Over the summer, London participated in a similar event in Pittsburgh where he again worked with [[Matt Damon]] and also [[John Krasinski]], [[Emily Blunt]], and [[Frances McDormand|Francis McDormand]]. In September 2012, Malcolm London appeared on a television series called "Verses & Flow" which features performances of music and poetry. He read a poem entitled, "The First Time in a While" which was based on a peer of London's who had been killed in a fight. In reading his poem, London became he youngest poet to appear in the first three seasons of the show.<ref name=":1" /> In time, London would go on to appear on several [[TED Talks]] with [[John Legend]] and [[Bill Gates]], and host events and performances with friend and fellow [[Young Concert Artists|YCA]] alum [[Chance the Rapper]]<ref name="auto" /> and rapper [[Lupe Fiasco]].<ref name="auto2" /> His performances of poetry have taken place all across Chicago including at the Chicago Jazz Festival, the Du Sable Museum, the Vic Theater, The Metro, The Chicago Theater, Victory Gardens Theatre, and Steppenwolf Theater, where was a member of the Young Adult Council.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/ted-talks-education/speaker/malcolm-london/|title=Poet Malcolm London Performs on TED Talks Education {{!}} PBS|website=TED Talks Education|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> London has also been the co-chair of the Chicago chapter of the Black Youth Project<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/ted-talks-education/speaker/malcolm-london/|title=Poet Malcolm London Performs on TED Talks Education {{!}} PBS|website=TED Talks Education|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-12}}</ref> and has done a lot of service for [[Chicago Public Schools|Chicago Public schools]] and the city's community.<ref name="auto" /> Malcolm is known for using his art to inspire activism. He was a member of UCAN's National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention and has championed a variety of issues through his poetry and talks.<ref name=":2" /> Malcolm London has written many poems, some of his most famous being "High School Training Ground,” "Never Too Late,” “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day (Love Sosa),” and “Why You Talk Like That.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2014/03/18/the-poetry-of-malcolm-london|title=The Poetry Of Malcolm London|website=www.wbur.org|language=en|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> He also has a range of music that appears on SoundCloud.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://malcolmlondon.com/music|title=Music|website=Malcolm London|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-07}}</ref> ===Accountability === In 2015, London was called out for sexually assaulting a community member. Shortly after this call out, he entered into a 15 month long community led transformative justice process to make amends for the harm he caused. London has made serious efforts to seem accountable for enacting sexual harm. He's made public statements about his experience in accountability, and has even moved as far as teaching young men and boys about consent, ending gender violence, and challenging performative and toxic masculinity. However, in 2018, just over a year after his accountability process concluded, he raped another woman. He has responded by stepping away from activist spaces, social media platforms, and all art performances. There is another accountability process being held for Malcolm. <ref>{{Cite web|last=transformharm|title=Statement by Mariame (8/19/20)|url=https://transformharm.tumblr.com/|access-date=2022-03-15|website=transformharm.tumblr.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/black-youth-project-100-suspends-leader-sexual-assault/Content?oid=20330409|title = Black Youth Project 100 suspends a Chicago leader after sexual assault allegation|date = 3 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Charges Dropped Against Activist Poet Arrested During Laquan McDonald Protest|url=https://news.wttw.com/2015/11/25/charges-dropped-against-activist-poet-arrested-during-laquan-mcdonald-protest|access-date=2022-01-16|website=WTTW News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Malcolm's statement, 2019|url=https://twitter.com/malcolmlondon/status/1094991844080041986|access-date=2022-01-16|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:London, Malcolm}} [[Category:African-American poets]] [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:21st-century African-American people]]'