Malcolm x biography by any means necessary

Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and the son of a Baptist minister, Malcolm Little grew up with violence. Whites killed several members of his family, including his father. As a youngster, he went to live with a sister in Boston where he started a career of brott that he continued in New York's Harlem as a drug peddler and pimp. While serving a prison begrepp for burglary in 1952, he converted to Islam and undertook an intensive program of study and self-improvement, movingly detailed in "Autobiography of Malcolm X." He wrote constantly to Elijah Muhammad (Elijah Poole, 1897--1975), head of the black separatist Nation of Islam, which already claimed the loyalty of several of his brothers and sisters. Upon release from prison, Little went to Detroit, met with Elijah Muhammad, and dropped the last name Little, adopting X to symbolize the unknown African name his ancestors had been robbed of when they were enslaved. Soon he was actively speaking and organizing as a M

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Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary

March 14, 2017

Excellent, excellent book. Wow. This book went through Malcolm X's life and delved into his beliefs, the times, other major figures, and managed to do it in a way that presented a nuanced, thorough, and introspective account of this complicated man's life. It is for children, but it does not shy away from difficult topics. Rather, it approaches them in the quiet, rational-feeling way that some adult books seem to have forgotten how to do. I feel like every time I read an opinion piece, especially about something controversial, there's a lot of fire and brimstone to go around. This book laid it all out without a lot of judgment. It took the time to go into a lot of background and history in a way that few things tend to do these days, I think. It was a great introduction to Malcolm X, even if it was "written for children".

I've been wanting to read more about Malcolm X for several years. When I found this short audiobook while looki

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Malcolm X: by any means necessary : a biography
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