The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- First Published: 1965
- Time of Work: 1925–1965
- Setting: Lansing and Detroit, Michigan; Boston; and New York
- Principal Characters: Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, Sister Betty X, Shorty, Ella, Louise Little, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: African Americans, Civil rights, Current events, Memory, Politics, Human rights, Islam, Leadership, Revolutions
- Locales: Boston, MA, Detroit, MI, Lansing, MI, New York
Form and Content
In nineteen chapters, The Autobiography of Malcolm X traces his life from his birth as Malcolm Little in Omaha to his troubled youth and eventual imprisonment to his ultimate emergence as one of the most important and powerful voices for social change and black rights in the 1950’s and 1960’s. An introduction by M. S. Handler and an epilogue by Malcolm’s collaborator, Alex Haley, furnish perspectives on Malcolm as well as on the events leading up to and following his assassination in 1965. The book ends with a brief tribute to Malcolm by actor...
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