the autobiography of malcolm x 1965 edition

He lived in an America where smart black kids were discouraged from being lawyers etc, and thus dropped out of school at young ages. His transformation was remarkable especially as he spent time in foster homes and was a hustler in Detroit. How did Malcolm Little become Malcolm X aka El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz? This is what this book is all about. King he contributed so much to the civil rights movement as well, yet my knowledge on this man was very minimal. After reading this book I was perplexed! I wonder why Malcolm X hasn't been given the same respect as Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X was barely mentioned. The majority of those pages were on Rosa Parks and Dr. In High School my history syllabus covered just a few pages on African-American civil rights heroes. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.” - Malcolm X I’m for justice, no matter who it is for or against. “I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda. Malcolm has become a sort of tabula rasa, or blank slate, on which people of different positions can write their own interpretations of his politics and legacy. The meaning of his public life - his politics and ideology - is contested in part because his entire body of work consists of a few dozen speeches and a collaborative autobiography whose veracity is challenged. Kelley wrote, 'Malcolm X has been called many things: Pan-Africanist, father of Black Power, religious fanatic, closet conservative, incipient socialist, and a menace to society. Less than a year later, he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week.

and the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Black Muslim minister and a spokesman for the Nation of Islam.Īfter leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he made the pilgrimage, the Hajj, to Mecca and became a Sunni Muslim.

The autobiography of malcolm x 1965 edition