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The Awakening of Malcolm X by Tiffany D. Jackson, Ilyasah Shabazz
5.0
I am going to keep this review short and simple as I feel I don't have the adequate words to surmise this book.
This was incredible and eye opening to the time in Malcom X's life that I wasn't privy to previously. This follows his time in incarceration from 1946-1952 and shows the drastic differences between how black and white prisoners were treated. This follows his journey and love of devouring knowledge, his interactions with other inmates, with his siblings and his introduction into Islamic culture.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn more about historical black figures and learn (through others' eyes) more of what was going on in his head and how he got through that time in his life.
Content warnings for violence, racism, suicide, gambling and drugs.
This was incredible and eye opening to the time in Malcom X's life that I wasn't privy to previously. This follows his time in incarceration from 1946-1952 and shows the drastic differences between how black and white prisoners were treated. This follows his journey and love of devouring knowledge, his interactions with other inmates, with his siblings and his introduction into Islamic culture.
I would recommend this book to anyone looking to learn more about historical black figures and learn (through others' eyes) more of what was going on in his head and how he got through that time in his life.
Content warnings for violence, racism, suicide, gambling and drugs.