Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History Hailed as "a masterpiece" (San Francisco Chronicle), the late Manning Marable's acclaimed biography of Malcolm X finally does justice to one of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century American history. Filled with...
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Winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History Hailed as "a masterpiece" (San Francisco Chronicle), the late Manning Marable's acclaimed biography of Malcolm X finally does justice to one of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century American history. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism as followers of Marcus Garvey through his own work with the Nation of Islam and rise in the world of black nationalism, and culminates in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcolm X is a stunning achievement, the definitive work on one of our greatest advocates for social change.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780143120322 (0143120328)
ASIN: 143120328
Publish date: December 28th 2011
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
African American,
Religion,
Politics,
American History,
Biography Memoir,
Race,
Islam
4 1/2 stars.I saw this book sitting on a shelf at the library, and having a pitifully small amount of knowledge regarding Malcolm X, I decided to check it out. When I was about 80 pages in, Peter asked me to read it aloud to him. Luckily, it was interesting enough that this was not a problem.I asked...
Cover a famous song and people will test its merits. Reboot a loved film and fanboys will let you know what they think. Write a biography that re-explores a very respected autobiography and you are guaranteed to elicit comparison.It seems perhaps unfair to compare Manning Marable's biography of Malc...
Although it was somewhat interesting to learn about this part of American history, (I say somewhat because I didn't ever come to love Malcolm X based on this bio. I learned quite a bit about some religious movements of the time that was interesting and depressing.), I felt lukewarm about the writing...
What an excellent book.Marable begins with the premise that The Autobiography is the product of both Malcolm's evasions and Haley's biases. He then goes about attempting to set the record straight in the most well-documented way possible. He compiles many original source documents and interviews i...
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