The Autobiography of Malcolm XWith its first great victory in the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown vs. 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 sounded more urgently, more passionately than the rest. Malcolm X - once called the most dangerous man in America - 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. This is the first hardcover edition of this classic autobiography since it was originally published in 1964. In its searing pages, 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, Alex Haley worked with Malcolm X for nearly two years, interviewing, listening to, and understanding the most controversial leader of his time. Raised in Lansing, Michigan, Malcolm Little's road to world fame was as astonishing as it was unpredictable. After 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 named Elijah Muhammed. The newly renamed Malcolm X devoted himself body and soul to the teachings of Elijah Muhammed and the world of Islam, and became the Nation's foremost spokesman. When his own conscience forced him to break with Elijah Muhammed, Malcolm founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, to reach African Americans across thecountry with an inspiring message of pride, power, and self-determination. 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. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-white citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issue of our day. 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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... Chicago , school - age Muslim children attended our two Universities of Islam - through high school in Chicago , and through junior high in Detroit . Starting from kindergarten , they learned of the black man's glorious history and from ...
... Chicago , school - age Muslim children attended our two Universities of Islam - through high school in Chicago , and through junior high in Detroit . Starting from kindergarten , they learned of the black man's glorious history and from ...
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... Chicago , expecting at least a favorable response and some coverage , I met only a chilly re- action . The same thing happened when , in Harlem , I staged a rally that drew seven thousand people . At that time , Chicago headquarters was ...
... Chicago , expecting at least a favorable response and some coverage , I met only a chilly re- action . The same thing happened when , in Harlem , I staged a rally that drew seven thousand people . At that time , Chicago headquarters was ...
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... Chicago and re- turn , at a fee of $ 5,175.54 which the mosque had subsequently paid in increments . Altogether , about three thousand Black Muslims from their mosques in most sizable cities were in Chicago for their annual " Saviour's ...
... Chicago and re- turn , at a fee of $ 5,175.54 which the mosque had subsequently paid in increments . Altogether , about three thousand Black Muslims from their mosques in most sizable cities were in Chicago for their annual " Saviour's ...
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