The autobiography of malcolm x analysis
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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, 1965, nine months after his assassination. Haley coauthored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between 1963 and 1965. 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 crea
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a nonfiction memoir published in 1965 by American human rights activist Malcolm X, in collaboration with American author Alex Haley. The book is the result of numerous interviews Haley conducted in the two years leading up to Malcolm’s assassination in February 1965. It covers Malcolm’s upbringing in Michigan, his career as a burglar and drug dealer in New York and Boston, his conversion to Islam in prison, his involvement in and eventual break with the Nation of Islam, and his becoming one of the most important civil rights activists in the country. The book was enormously influential on Black political and artistic movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and it continues to be widely read by students and civil rights activists in the 21st century.
This study guide refers to the 2015 reprint edition published by Ballantine Books.
Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925, Malcolm is the son of Earl Lit
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) is the product of the collaborative effort of Malcolm X and reporter Alex Haley. To create the autobiography, Malcolm X endured several years of interviews with Haley. As Malcolm X shared the intricacies of his life story during these sessions, Haley detailed everything in the first person. All the chapters of life events were reviewed, edited, and approved by Malcolm X. Even though Malcolm X did not write the original content, the self-directed composition of the work on his behalf was enough to consider it an autobiography. The essence of his work is about the bittersweet experiences he encountered in the African-American community. It captures the trage