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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    August 16,
    “I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda,” I had written to these friends. “I’m for truth, no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, the matter who it is for or against. I’m a human being first and foremost, and as such I’m for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”

    Undoubtedly one of the most filling books I’ve read all year.

    It starts simply, with solid, familiar flavors, something like a brandy old-fashioned complete with fruit decorations, and a little bowl of candied pecans. Malcolm X begins by setting the scene of his parents, and his birth on May 19, It is one of the shortest sections, noting his father’s work as a traveling Baptist minister and his mother’s work making a home. His memories are informed by skin color, recalling his West Indian mother’s pale skin from her absent father and her favoritism towards her children who were darker. Preaching the words of Marcus Garvey, it wasn’t long before his fathe

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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Autobiography of African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist

    The Autobiography of Malcolm X is an autobiography written by American minister Malcolm X, who collaborated with American journalist Alex Haley. It was released posthumously on October 29, , nine months after his assassination. Haley coauthored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between and The Autobiography is a spiritual conversion narrative that outlines Malcolm X's philosophy of black pride, black nationalism, and pan-Africanism. After the leader was killed, Haley wrote the book's epilogue.[a] He described their collaborative process and the events at the end of Malcolm X's life.

    While Malcolm X and scholars contemporary to the book's publication regarded Haley as the book's ghostwriter, modern scholars tend to regard him as an essential collaborator who intentionally muted his authorial voice to create the effect o

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    Malcolm X

    American Black rights activist (–)

    This article is about the individ. For other uses, see Malcolm X (disambiguation).

    "Malcolm Little" and "Malik Shabazz" redirect here. For other uses, see Malcolm Little (disambiguation) and Malik Shabazz (disambiguation).

    Malcolm X

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    Born

    Malcolm Little


    ()May 19,

    Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.

    DiedFebruary 21, () (aged&#;39)

    Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

    Cause&#;of deathAssassination bygd gunshots
    Resting placeFerncliff Cemetery
    Other&#;namesMalik el-Shabazz (Arabic: مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized:&#;Mālik ash-Shabāzz)
    Omowale (Yoruba: Omowale, lit.&#;'The son who has came back')
    Occupations
    Organizations
    Movement
    Spouse
    Children6, including Attallah, Qubilah, and Ilyasah
    RelativesLouise Helen Norton Little (mother)
    Malcolm Shabazz (grandson)[1]

    Malcolm&#;X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, – February 21