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New People:
Malcolm Little: the narrator and main character
Louise Little: Malcolm’s mother
The Reverend Earl Little: Malcolm’s father, a Baptist minister
Yvonne: Malcolm’s youngest sister
Robert: Malcolm’s younger brother
Philbert: Malcolm’s older brother
Wilfred: Malcolm’s older brother
Hilda: Malcolm’s older sister
Reginald: Malcolm’s younger brother
Wesley: Malcolm’s younger brother
The Gohannas: a family with whom the young Malcolm goes to live
Big Boy: the Gohannas’...
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Summary and Analysis
- Chapter 1: Nightmare
- Chapter 2: Mascot
- Chapter 3: “Homeboy”
- Chapter 4: Laura
- Chapter 5: Harlemite
- Chapter 6: Detroit Red and Chapter 7: Hustler
- Chapter 8: Trapped and Chapter 9: Caught
- Chapter 10: Satan
- Chapter 11: Saved and Chapter 12: Savior
- Chapter 13: Minister Malcolm X
- Chapter 14: Black Muslims
- Chapter 15: Icarus
- Chapter 16: Out
- Chapter 17: Mecca
- Chapter 18: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
- Chapter 19: 1965
- Epilogue by Alex Haley
- On Malcolm X by Ossie Davis
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- Chapter 1: Nightmare
- Chapter 2: Mascot
- Chapter 3: “Homeboy”
- Chapter 4: Laura
- Chapter 5: Harlemite
- Chapter 6: Detroit Red and Chapter 7: Hustler
- Chapter 8: Trapped and Chapter 9: Caught
- Chapter 10: Satan
- Chapter 11: Saved and Chapter 12: Savior
- Chapter 13: Minister Malcolm X
- Chapter 14: Black Muslims
- Chapter 15: Icarus
- Chapter 16: Out
- Chapter 17: Mecca
- Chapter 18: El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
- Chapter 19: 1965
- Epilogue by Alex Haley
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Themes
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- The Autobiography of Malcolm X: Critical Overview
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