| Description |
594 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Life beyond the legend -- "Up, you mighty race" : 1925-1941 -- The legend of Detroit Red : 1941-January 1946 -- Becoming "X" : January 1946-August 1952 -- "They don't come like the minister" : August 1952-May 1957 -- "Brother, a minister has to be married" : May 1957-March 1959 -- "The hate that hate produced" : March 1959-January 1961 -- "As sure as God made green apples" : January 1961-May 1962 -- From prayer to protest : May 1962-March 1963 -- "He was developing too fast" : April-November 1963 -- "The chickens coming home to roost" : December 1, 1963-March 12, 1964 -- An epiphany in the Hajj : March 12-May 21, 1964 -- "Do something about Malcolm X" : May 21-July 11, 1964 -- "In the struggle for dignity" : July 11-November 24, 1964 -- "Such a man is worthy of death" : November 24, 1964-February 14, 1965 -- Death comes on time : February 14-February 21, 1965 -- Life after death -- Reflections on a revolutionary vision |
| Summary |
Draws on new research to trace the life of Malcolm X from his troubled youth through his involvement in the Nation of Islam, his activism in the world of Black Nationalism, and his assassination |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 563-576) and index |
| Notes |
Pulitzer Prize, History, 2012 |
| Subject |
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
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African American Muslims -- Biography.
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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Black Muslims -- Biography.
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Black nationalism -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2010025768 |
| ISBN |
0670022209 (hbk.) |
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9780670022205 (hbk.) |
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