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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X - ALEX HALEY KAR...

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.If you enjoyed The Autobiography of Malcolm X  you might like Nelson
Mandela's No Easy Walk to Freedom  also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'This
extraordinary autobiography is a brilliant  painful  important book'The New York Times

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