The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Alex Haley, Malcolm X, Paul Gilroy

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Penguin
11 May 2001

Biography; Autobiography: general; Black & Asian studies; Human rights; Demonstrations & protest movements

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims.

As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect.

This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.

By: Alex Haley, Malcolm X
Introduction by: Paul Gilroy
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780141185439
ISBN 10: 0141185430
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 528
Publication Date: 11 May 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Nightmare; mascot; ""homeboy""; Laura; harlemite; Detroit red; hustler; trapped; caught; satan; saved; saviour; minister Malcolm X; Black Muslims; Icarus; out; Mecca; El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz; 1965."

Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965.