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ONE OF TIME'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURYIn the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America. Praise for The Autobiography of Malcolm X“Extraordinary... a brilliant, painful, important book.”—The New York Times“This book will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle.”—I. F. Stone

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

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Autobiografía Malcolm X

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Malcolm X.

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with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M. S. Handler ; epilogueby Alex Haley.

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with the assistance of Alex Haley ; introduction by M.S. Handler ; epilogue by Alex Haley.

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Malcolm X; Alex Haley; Attallah Shabazz; M S Handler; Ossie Davis

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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965; Haley, Alex

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Malcolm X, Alex Haley

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Random House Publishing Group

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Random House, Incorporated

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New York: Ballantine Books

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Ivy Books

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Fawcett

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1st Ballantine Books ed., New York, New York State, December 1992

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First Ballantine books edition, New York, 1999

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First Ballantine books edition, New York, 1992

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First Ballantine books edition, New York, 1973

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1. Ballantine Books trade ed., New York, 1992

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United States, United States of America

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New York, United States, December 1992

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Reprint, 1992

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Originally published: New york : Grove Press, 1965.

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<p><P>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.<br>&quot;Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book.&quot;<br>TEH NEW YORKTIMES</p><h3>Sacred Fire</h3><p><i>The Autobiography of Malcolm X</i> is the story of one of the remarkable lives of the twentieth century. Malcolm X, as presented in this as-told-to autobiography, is a figure of almost mythic proportions; a man who sunk to the greatest depths of depravity and rose to become a man whose life&#39;s mission was to lead his people to freedom and strength. It provides a searing depiction of the deeply rooted issues of race and class in America and remains relevant and inspiring today. Malcolm X&#39;s story would inspire Alex Haley to write Roots, a novel that would, in turn, define the saga of a people.<p> Malcolm Little was born in Nebraska in 1925, the seventh child of Reverend Earl Little, a Baptist minister, and Louise Little, a mulatto born in Grenada to a black mother and a white father. Malcolm X quickly grew to hate the society he&#39;d grown up in. After his father was killed, his mother was unfairly denied insurance coverage and his family fell apart. Young Malcolm went from a foster home to a reformatory, to shining shoes in the speakeasies and dance halls of Boston. After getting work as a Pullman porter, he went to New York and fell in love with Harlem. His stint as a drug dealer and petty crook landed him in jail, where he became a devout student of the Nation of Islam and Elijah Muhammad. That was when he figured out that &#34;he could beat the white man better with his mind than he ever could with a club.&#34; Malcolm X&#39;s subsequent quest for knowledge and equality for blacks led to his unreserved commitment to the liberation of blacks in American society.<p> What makes this book extraordinary is the honesty with which Malcolm presents his life: Even as he regrets the mistakes he made as a young man, he brings his zoot-suited, swing-dancing, conk- haired Harlem youth to vivid life; even though he later turns away from the Nation of Islam, the strong faith he at one time in that sect&#39;s beliefs, a faith that redeemed him from prison and a life of crime, comes through. What made the man so extraordinary was his courageous insistence on finding the true path to his personal salvation and to the salvation of the people he loved, even when to stay on that path meant danger, alienation, and death.</p>

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Biografía del líder negro americano religioso y activista que nació Malcolm Little, publicado en 1965. Escrito por Alex Haley, que había llevado a cabo extensas entrevistas grabadas con Malcolm X antes de su asesinato en 1965, el libro ganó fama como un trabajo clásico en negro experiencia americana.
La autobiografía es contada a través de la voz en primera persona de Malcolm X con contenido añadido y narrativa proporcionada por Alex Haley. Aunque a veces auto-engrandecimiento, Malcolm X habla de su extraordinaria transformación de un niño cuyo padre fue asesinado por racistas blancos, a un joven estafador y traficante de drogas en Harlem, Nueva York, a un erudito autodidacta en la cárcel, a un destacado líder y ministro de la Nación del Islam, y, finalmente, a un hombre transformado por su viaje a África y a la Meca y se marca como una amenaza por parte de los líderes de la Nación del Islam.
A través de una vida de pasión y lucha, Malcolm X se convirtió en una de las figuras más influyentes del siglo 20. Aquí, el hombre que se hacía llamar "el hombre más enojado Negro en América" ​​relata cómo su conversión al Islam le ayudó a enfrentarse a su ira y reconocer la hermandad de toda la humanidad. Un clásico establecida de la América moderna, la autobiografía de Malcolm X fue aclamado por el New York Times como "Extraordinaria. Una brillante, libro doloroso, importante. "La fuerza de sus palabras, el poder de sus ideas siguen resonando más de una generación después de su aparición.

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"In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time"

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Introduction
Nightmare
Mascot
"Homeboy"
Laura
Harlemite
Detroit Red
Hustler
Trapped
Caught
Satan
Saved
Savior
Minister Malcolm X
Black Muslims
Out
Mecca
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
1965
Alex Haley: Epilogue
Ossie Davis: On Malcolm X

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The Black leader discusses his political philosophy and reveals details of his life, shedding light on the ideas that enabled him to gain the allegiance of a still growing percentage of the Black population

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When my mother was pregnant with me, she told me later, a party of hooded Ku Klux Klan riders galloped up to our home in Omaha, Nebraska, one night.

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The personal story of the man who rose from hoodlum, thief, dope peddler, and pimp to become a leader of the Black Revolution of the 1960s

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would move. I am not sure why he made this decision, for he was not a frightened Negro, as most then were, and many still are today.

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Originally published: New york : Grove Press, 1965

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2023-10-09