The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
 | By Malcolm X, Alex Haley, Attallah Shabazz Ballantine Books, 1992, Mass Market Paperback Customer Rating: 297 reviews Recommend |
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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
Title: The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
Sales Rank: 8643 in Books
Creator: Malcolm X, Alex Haley, Attallah Shabazz
Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1992-11, Mass Market Paperback, 460 pages, ISBN: 0345350685
Package Dimensions: 6.85 x 4.09 x 1.1 inches, 0.44 pounds
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X is Excellent
- This is an excellent book and truly goes into the depth and breadth of who Malcolm X really was/is. The more you read it, the more you understand the greatness and wisdom of this self educated man who traveled the world and sat with kings and queens and royalty and was able to dialog and debate… More reviews
- Should be Required Reading!
- This is a truly outstanding book. You don't have to like or agree with Malcolm X to learn from it. Martin Luther King Jr. was undoubtedly the more effective civil rights leader, and King's thought in many ways is more profound. But without Malcolm X, the true depth and meaning of the black American experience cannot be fully grasped, with all… More reviews
- A revelation.
- Along with 'Souls of Black Folk'-W.E.B. DuBois, 'Invisible Man'-Ralph Ellison, and 'Visions for Black Men'-Naim Akbar...this book is required reading for all African men in America, as well as any other persons serious about getting past the 'race' question that continues to plague us as a nation. More reviews
- anglo-saxon reader
- first off i want to thank malcolm x for his thoughts on race after visiting mecca.he saw that persons of all races got together to worship and were colorblind.i will see this man in heaven he saw past racism in america to be a great christian!also i would like to give a big F to public schools in america for not teaching everything about slavery and who was… More reviews
- Important book of self discovery, resemption, and vindication
- I read this book along time ago and still retain alot of what I learned from it. There is no beating around the bush in this from the beginning he tells of his life as it happened. He tells of an early career in crime to his time in prison and he does not attempt to sugarcoat anything. He does explain his reasoning for having done what he had done… More reviews
