The Autobiography of Malcolm X Is Published
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Arts and Culture Series
- Categories: Literature, Publishing, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Segregation, Desegregation, Apartheid, Islam, Muslims, Mosques
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, African American History
- Geographical Location: New York City
- Date: 1965
Article abstract: The Autobiography of Malcolm X provided for the American white majority world a revealing version of life in black ghettos and the attraction of the racially exclusive Nation of Islam for African Americans.
Summary of Event
Malcolm Little, better known by his adopted name of Malcolm X, published his autobiography in 1965, shortly after leaving the Black Muslim movement and scarcely a year before he was assassinated in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem in 1965. The cultural and political significance of this autobiography by one of the most...
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