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the time of his tragic murder in 1965, Malcolm X was world
famous as the angriest black man in America . From hustling,
cocaine addiction and armed violence in the ghettos of Harlem
he had turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the fervour
of the Black Muslims. Speaking out to millions of oppressed
blacks, he brought new hope and self-respect. But was Malcolm
X, in the words of one critic, merely a racist preaching hatred
or was he a founding father, whose passionate eloquence has
helped to nourish the modern anti-racist movement? This book
attempts to answer this question by looking at the life and
work of Malcolm X.
1. Nightmare;
2. mascot;
3. homeboy;
4. Laura;
5. harlemite;
6. Detroit red;
7. hustler;
8. trapped;
9. caught;
10. satan;
11. saved;
12. saviour;
13. minister Malcolm X;
14. Black Muslims;
15. Icarus;
16. out;
17. Mecca;
18. El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz;
19. 1965.
All Customer Reviews
5 out of 5 - Jan 21, 2007
Nowadays it is as clear as ever that when the
White House wants to take a complex issue and paint it 'black
and white' [forgive the pun] you can be sure that there is
far more to the issue. Rather than a pantomime villain, rotten
to the core, as some would like to portray him, Malcolm X
comes across, both in the autobiographical text and the foreward
by his friend who transcribed his words, as a man of passion
and integrity. Although I myself am white, I think 'noble'
is probably the best word to describe my impression of Malcolm
X. The point is raised that Dr King appealed to the better-off
Blacks and that Malcolm X found more of a following among
the most impoverished; a proletariat within a protelariat,
you might say. It is a great shame that towards the end of
his life, Malcolm X finally came to see that the actions of
the White Man and not the White Man per se were the problem,
and did not live much longer to give the benefit of his new
perspective. He was seen as too moderate for the radicals
[ie. Nation of Islam] and vice versa. This book also informs
us of the mythology of the Nation of Islam, and its leader
Elijah Muhammad, with whom Malcolm X fell out of favour. This
book is highly recommended, particularly if you would like
to hear the other side of the story.
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