Learn about his life and legacy--from his childhood to the aftermath of his assassination in 1965--through age-appropriate text and detailed historical photographs.
While in Charlestown Prison in the 1940s, young Malcolm Little reads all the books in the library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam, and emerges as Malcolm X.
"In 1990, investigative journalist Les Payne embarked on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X. Setting Malcolm's life not only within the Nation of Islam but against the larger backdrop of American history, the book traces the life of one of the twentieth century's most politically relevant figures"--OCLC.
Introduces the life and accomplishments of Malcolm X, discussing his role as a civil rights activist, and describing the influence of his incarceration on his views about race and equality, the Nation of Islam, his death, and related topics.
Introduces the life and accomplishments of Malcolm X, discussing his role as a civil rights activist, and describing the influence of his incarceration on his views about race and equality, the Nation of Islam, his death, and related topics.
Contains a letter to Baldwin's nephew on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation describing his childhood, views on Black Muslims, and his visions.
