The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

ONE OF TIMEâ‚¬S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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With its first great victory in the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the civil rights movement gained the powerful momentum it needed to sweep forward into its crucial decade, the 1960s. As voices of protest and change rose above the din of history and false promises, one voice sounded more urgently, more passionately, than the rest. Malcolm Xâ‚¬"once called the most dangerous man in Americaâ‚¬"challenged the world to listen and learn the truth as he experienced it. And his enduring message is as relevant today as when he first delivered it.
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In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement to veteran writer and journalist Alex Haley . In a unique collaboration, Haley worked with Malcolm X for nearly two years, interviewing, listening to, and understanding the most controversial leader of his time.
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Raised in Lansing, Michigan, Malcolm Little journeyed on a road to fame as astonishing as it was unpredictable. Drifting from childhood poverty to petty crime, Malcolm found himself in jail. It was there that he came into contact with the teachings of a little-known Black Muslim leader renamed Elijah Muhammad. The newly renamed Malcolm X devoted himself body and soul to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad and the world of Islam, becoming the Nationâ‚¬s foremost spokesman. When his conscience forced him to break with Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity to reach African Americans across the country with an inspiring message of pride, power, and self-determination.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X defines American culture and the African American struggle for social and economic equality that has now become a battle for survival. Malcolmâ‚¬s fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America.
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Praise for The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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â‚¬Å“Malcolm Xâ‚¬s autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Barack Obama, Dreams from My Father

â‚¬Å“Extraordinary . . . a brilliant, painful, important book.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The New York Times
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â‚¬Å“A great book . . . Its dead level honesty, its passion, its exalted purpose, will make it stand as a monument to the most painful truth.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"The Nation
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â‚¬Å“The most important book Iâ‚¬ll ever read, it changed the way I thought, it changed the way I acted. It has given me courage I didnâ‚¬t know I had inside me. Iâ‚¬m one of hundreds of thousands whose lives were changed for the better.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"Spike Lee
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â‚¬Å“This book will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle.â‚¬Ââ‚¬"I. F. Stone

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Brand Ballantine Books
Manufacturer One World
Binding Paperback
PartNumber 0345376714_used
Color Black
IsAdultProduct
Height 8.01
Length 5.1
Weight 2.314853751
Width 0.97
ReleaseDate 1992-01-15
NumberOfItems 1

Country	USA
Brand	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	One World
Binding	Paperback
PartNumber	0345376714_used
Color	Black
IsAdultProduct
Height	8.01
Length	5.1
Weight	2.314853751
Width	0.97
ReleaseDate	1992-01-15
NumberOfItems	1

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

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