Autobiography of Malcolm X
by MALCOLM X
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Author: MALCOLM XEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 1992-09-29
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 528
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: His goals were just
Summary: 5 Stars
Brother Malcolm's life was one of struggle and learning and inspiration. His memory and the life he has lived since his death has been varied - Malcolm X is as much as vague idea as he was a man. He is too often forgotten or misremembered or manipulated. This is as true in death as it was in his life.
It was this life that he chooses to document here, in his own terms and without the mediation of a media on either side that wants to appropriate or demonize him depending on the agenda. He was a marvel and cut down too soon and an inspiration for all who want to work for a better world. His methods and ideas were sometimes imperfect but his goals were just.
The reader can see how his ideas evolved as he worked through and with the Nation of Islam and then as he struck out for a larger brotherhood. I want to leave this with word from Malcolm that inspired me: "I've had enough of someone else's propaganda; I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm a human being first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole." I feel that we should all work with such guidance, no matter what you call divine.
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"A great book. Its dead level honesty, its passion, its exalted purpose will make it stand as a monument to the most painful truth."THE NATION
This hardcover edition of the modern classic, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, is the result of a unique collaboration between Alex Haley and Malcolm X, whose voice and philosophy resonate from every page, just as his experience and his intelligence continue to speak to millions on the greatest issue of our day: the ongoing African-American struggle for social and economic equality.
Malcolm X's searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with which he recounts his transformation from a bitter, self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political activist, the continued relevance of his militant analysis of white racism, and his emphasis on self-respect and self-help for African Americans. And there's the vividness with which he depicts black popular culture--try as he might to criticize those lindy hops at Boston's Roseland dance hall from the perspective of his Muslim faith, he can't help but make them sound pretty wonderful. These are but a few examples. The Autobiography of Malcolm X limns an archetypal journey from ignorance and despair to knowledge and spiritual awakening. When Malcolm tells coauthor Alex Haley, "People don't realize how a man's whole life can be changed by one book," he voices the central belief underpinning every attempt to set down a personal story as an example for others. Although many believe his ethic was directly opposed to Martin Luther King Jr.'s during the civil rights struggle of the '60s, the two were not so different. Malcolm may have displayed a most un-Christian distaste for loving his enemies, but he understood with King that love of God and love of self are the necessary first steps on the road to freedom. --Wendy Smith
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