by Malcolm X, Alex Haley · Ballantine Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780345350688
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«The Autobiography of Malcolm X» is the autobiography of Malcolm X, with Alex Haley, published by Ballantine Books in paperback (460 pages, in English).
It traces the life of Malcolm Little, from a childhood marked by poverty and racism to his conversion to Islam and his work as an African American leader. The account addresses segregation, Black identity, and civil rights, and shows the evolution of his political and religious thought within the Black Muslim movement.
This edition includes an introduction by M. S. Handler, an epilogue by Alex Haley, and a final text by Ossie Davis. The book was originally published in 1964.
It is a read for those interested in the history of civil rights and in African American political and religious thought in the United States.
Alexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers. In the United States, the book and miniseries raised the public awareness of black American history and inspired a broad interest in genealogy and family history. Haley's first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X, published in 1965, a collaboration through numerous lengthy interviews with Malcolm X.
