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4.47 AVERAGE
4.47 AVERAGE
I read this in high school... I can't remember the details, but I remember it was a bonus choice for some who were more advanced in the history class...
I had no idea how much I would love this book. I fell in love with Malcolm's personality and the depth of his character. I have so much respect for Malcolm's story and his growth as a man. I'm glad that I read this book because I learned about how I can assess the ways I can be an asset to myself and my race.
Long live Malcolm X!!!
Long live Malcolm X!!!
I was a little girl when Malcolm X died. In north suburban Chicago, people tended to think of Dr. King as the "good black guy" and Malcolm X as the "bad black guy." Nothing in the civil rights movement of the 60's was as simple as that. Through this book, I found out who Malcolm X was.
I wish I read this in school. such an important book, fascinating story and it was great to learn more about Malcolm X in this light. it pains me that he is considered the more "violent" version of MLK.
My goodness. This really gave me a much deeper look into the social justice for African-Americans movement during Malcolm X's lifetime than anything else I've read, probably ever. His take on intersectionality is barely existent, and I look forward to reading more from some Black women during this time to learn from them as well. Also, I really found the afterword very interesting. I'm glad I read this.
This will really clear up where this man came from and what became right before his death. I loved it.
This book is amazing and everyone should read it. It was named one of the top ten nonfiction books of the 20th century, for Christ's sake. Malcolm X is angry brilliance personified, and Alex Haley, who ghostwrote the book, is a beautiful writer who was so inspired by him that Haley went on to investigate his own heritage and write the massive Roots. (Also a very good read, but only should be attempted by those not fearful of great tomes.)
I think, however, that rather than spending more time gushing over how it has opened my suburban white girl mind, I would rather relate a story stemming from when I went to buy the book. I visited my local bookshop, the Boulder Bookstore on Pearl Street, and was unable to find the book on my own. I stopped at the register and asked them to check and see if there was indeed a copy in the store. The clerk said yes, it's in the Black Studies section, and pointed me to the west reading room up some stairs. At the very end of this quite large bookshop, I finally located the Black Studies collection. All four shelves.
For the record, the Boulder Bookstore's Pet section takes up sixteen shelves.
When I returned to the front of the store to pay for my purchase I asked the clerks, "Do you think that now that we have a Black president, you will expand that section to more than four shelves?"
"Probably not. Our inventory is based on what people buy." "But people are buying lots of Obama-specific items."
I had noticed the prominence of these items in the front of the store. America wants what America pays for. So elegant.
I think, however, that rather than spending more time gushing over how it has opened my suburban white girl mind, I would rather relate a story stemming from when I went to buy the book. I visited my local bookshop, the Boulder Bookstore on Pearl Street, and was unable to find the book on my own. I stopped at the register and asked them to check and see if there was indeed a copy in the store. The clerk said yes, it's in the Black Studies section, and pointed me to the west reading room up some stairs. At the very end of this quite large bookshop, I finally located the Black Studies collection. All four shelves.
For the record, the Boulder Bookstore's Pet section takes up sixteen shelves.
When I returned to the front of the store to pay for my purchase I asked the clerks, "Do you think that now that we have a Black president, you will expand that section to more than four shelves?"
"Probably not. Our inventory is based on what people buy." "But people are buying lots of Obama-specific items."
I had noticed the prominence of these items in the front of the store. America wants what America pays for. So elegant.
I've often heard this book recommended as a strong biography, and it didn't disappoint. Malcolm X led a fascinating, difficult, painful, controversial life, and reading his story was a learning experience. The book caused me to understand a different perspective on racism in America, and it showed me how different moments in a person's life can deeply define and motivate him.
So many truths discovered so long ago and still true today. I've always wondered why we don't lift up Malcolm X in the same way we do MLK....
Written chronologically in present tense really helps the reader understand what made Malcolm X the the incredible man he was; from his childhood in Michigan to working as a shoeshine in Boston, a hustler in Harlem, and eventually a great public orator.