The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
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Primary Contributor: Malcolm XInterviewer: Alex Haley
Foreword: Attallah Shabazz
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1992-11
ISBN: 0345350685
Number of pages: 460
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Remarkable story. Well written and powerful. An important book.
Summary: 4 Stars
When you live in a sick society, you need to take political medicine. So, as an American, I decided I ought to swallow this bitter pill, in hope of doing my part to cure the country. Much to my surprise, this book doesn't taste bad: it is a culinary delight.
I read the Autobiography to find out more about this enigmatic Black leader from the 1960s. I wound up reading a remarkably gripping tale--one man's incredible journey. Even if this man did not eventually turn out to be the famous Malcolm X, his story would be an illuminating and exciting one, thanks to the skill of Alex Haley. Haley knows how to write a bestseller-novel, and the Autobiography has just such a pace. The pages fly by. In the process we discover a journey from the rough streets of jaded morality, to the principles of a self-sacrificing leader. I only have one concern (and I don't know how scholars would reply): how much of the conversion to peace and love was Malcolm's and how much of it was Haley's own desire for peace? That concern aside, read this book for a great story and learn about a remarkable man in the process.
Summary of The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malxolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is now an established classic of modern America, a book that expresses like none other the crucial truth about our times."Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book."
TEH NEW YORKTIMES
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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