Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention Hardcover - 2011
by Marable, Manning
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year
Years in the making--the definitive biography of the legendary black activist.
Of the great figures in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before being felled by assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine. Through his tireless work and countless speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands of black Americans to create better lives and stronger communities while establishing the template for the self-actualized, independent African American man. In death he became a broad symbol of both resistance and reconciliation for millions around the world.
A 2011 National Book Award finalist, Manning Marable's new biography of Malcolm is a stunning achievement. Filled with new information and shocking revelations that go beyond the Autobiography, Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America, from the rise of Marcus Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan to the struggles of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism through his own engagement with the Nation of Islam, charting his astronomical rise in the world of Black Nationalism and culminating in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcolm X will stand as the definitive work on one of the most singular forces for social change, capturing with revelatory clarity a man who constantly strove, in the great American tradition, to remake himself anew.
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- Title Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
- Author Marable, Manning
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 594
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, New York
- Date 2011
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0670022209I5N11
- ISBN 9780670022205 / 0670022209
- Weight 2.07 lbs (0.94 kg)
- Dimensions 9.55 x 7.19 x 1.84 in (24.26 x 18.26 x 4.67 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, African American civil rights workers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010025768
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year
Years in the making-the definitive biography of the legendary black activist.Of the great figure in twentieth-century American history perhaps none is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before being felled by assassins' bullets at age thirty-nine. Through his tireless work and countless speeches he empowered hundreds of thousands of black Americans to create better lives and stronger communities while establishing the template for the self-actualized, independent African American man. In death he became a broad symbol of both resistance and reconciliation for millions around the world.
Manning Marable's new biography of Malcolm is a stunning achievement. Filled with new information and shocking revelations that go beyond the Autobiography, Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America, from the rise of Marcus Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan to the struggles of the civil rights movement in the fifties and sixties. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism through his own engagement with the Nation of Islam, charting his astronomical rise in the world of Black Nationalism and culminating in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcolm X will stand as the definitive work on one of the most singular forces for social change, capturing with revelatory clarity a man who constantly strove, in the great American tradition, to remake himself anew.
