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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; Haley, Alex is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley about?
Amazon.com Review 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 ma
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; Haley, Alex
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780812419535
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Social Science, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.29 / 5 (130,860 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14