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The autobiography of Malcolm X / with the assistance of Alex Haley ; with an introduction by Paul Gilroy.

The autobiography of Malcolm X / with the assistance of Alex Haley ; with an introduction by Paul Gilroy.
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B 323.119 X
Adult Non Fiction   Campsie . . Available .  
B 323.119 X
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ISBN 9780141185439 (paperback)
Name X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 author.
Title The autobiography of Malcolm X / with the assistance of Alex Haley ; with an introduction by Paul Gilroy.
Published London : Penguin Books, by arrangement with Hutchinson of London, 2001.
©1965
Description 512 pages ; 20 cm.
Notes Originally published: New York : Grove Press, 1965.
Includes index.
Contents Introduction -- Nightmare -- Mascot -- "Homeboy" -- Laura -- Harlemite -- Detroit Red -- Hustler -- Trapped -- Caught -- Satan -- Saved -- Savior -- Minister Malcolm X -- Black Muslims -- Icarus -- Out -- Mecca -- El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz -- 1965 -- Alex Haley : epilogue -- Ossie Davis : on Malcolm X.
Summary Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of The Black Atlantic, in 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.Vilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and remains an inspirational and controversial figure.Malcolm X (1925-65), born Malcolm Little in Omaha, and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, lost both his parents at a young age. Leaving school early, he soon became part of Harlem's underworld, and in 1946 he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. It was in prison that Malcolm X converted to Islam. Paroled in 1952, he became an outspoken defender of Muslim doctrines, formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1963, and had received considerable publicity by the time of his assassination in 1965.
Subjects X, Malcolm, -- 1925-1965
African Americans -- Biography
Black Muslims -- Biography
Genre Autobiographies
Other Names Haley, Alex author.
Gilroy, Paul, 1956- author of introduction, etc.
Series Penguin classics
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