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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
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Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, and important book.
THE NEW YORK TIMES
If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle,
and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was
Malcolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is the result of a unique
collaboration between Alex Haley and Malcolm X, whose voice and
philosophy resonate from every page, just as his experience and his
intelligence continue to speak to millions.