Malcolm X : The Man and His Times

by Earl Grant and A.Peter Bailey

Book Overview

An anthology of Malcolm X's key writings, speeches and manifestos in one volume. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• ISBN: B001JI38J2
• Release Date: January 1969
• Publisher: Collier Books
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Revealing

Much of the info in this book people may already be privi to. But Malcolm's exchanges with the F.B.I makes the book worth while by itself. He referring to "Past Master" many times I found odd (some say Malcolm was killed because he was about to be made a Mason). His interview with Kenneth Clark was very revealing and frank. He took C. Erick Lincoln to task for Dubbing the N.O.I as "Black Muslims" he called black an adjectival noun attached to Muslim incorrect. I found the essay by Betty Shabazz most touching and revealing. Especially mentioning the children's reaction to seeing their father present watching himself on T.V. the children had to look at the T.V. up close then look at their daddy equally as close and wonder how could he be in two places at the same time (they were quite young at this time). Betty Shabazz had this to say about what she learned from Malcom "Malcolm was the greatest thing in my life and he taught me what every female ought to learn: to live and to love as a woman, to be true to myself and my responsibilities as a mother. And to use my spiritual, material, and intellectual capacities to help build a better human society"

Interesting

I had to read this book when I was doing a paper for school and at first I thought that this was boring but as I got into the book the life of Malcolm X was very intregueing. I enjoyed learning about this facinating man. Read ths book-it is very good.