{"id":4220,"date":"2023-10-03T10:24:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T10:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=4220"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:32:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T09:32:33","slug":"the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/product\/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x\/","title":{"rendered":"The Autobiography of Malcolm X"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm X’s\u00a0<\/span>The Autobiography of Malcolm X\u00a0<\/span>was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of\u00a0<\/span>Roots<\/span>, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of\u00a0<\/span>The Black Atlantic<\/span>, in Penguin Modern Classics.<\/span><\/p>\n

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America’s black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.<\/p>\n

Vilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and remains an inspirational and controversial figure.<\/p>\n

Malcolm X (1925-65), born Malcolm Little in Omaha, and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, lost both his parents at a young age. Leaving school early, he soon became part of Harlem’s underworld, and in 1946 he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. It was in prison that Malcolm X converted to Islam. Paroled in 1952, he became an outspoken defender of Muslim doctrines, formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1963, and had received considerable publicity by the time of his assassination in 1965.<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed\u00a0The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/span>, you might like Nelson Mandela’s\u00a0<\/span>No Easy Walk to Freedom<\/span>, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘This extraordinary autobiography is a brilliant, painful, important book’
\nThe New York Times<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Malcolm X’s\u00a0<\/span>The Autobiography of Malcolm X\u00a0<\/span>was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of\u00a0<\/span>Roots<\/span>, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of\u00a0<\/span>The Black Atlantic<\/span>, in Penguin Modern Classics.<\/span><\/p>\n

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America’s black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.<\/p>\n

Vilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and remains an inspirational and controversial figure.<\/p>\n

Malcolm X (1925-65), born Malcolm Little in Omaha, and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, lost both his parents at a young age. Leaving school early, he soon became part of Harlem’s underworld, and in 1946 he was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. It was in prison that Malcolm X converted to Islam. Paroled in 1952, he became an outspoken defender of Muslim doctrines, formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1963, and had received considerable publicity by the time of his assassination in 1965.<\/p>\n

If you enjoyed\u00a0The Autobiography of Malcolm X<\/span>, you might like Nelson Mandela’s\u00a0<\/span>No Easy Walk to Freedom<\/span>, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.<\/span><\/p>\n

‘This extraordinary autobiography is a brilliant, painful, important book’
\nThe New York Times<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[15],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4220","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-uncategorized","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","add-to-wishlist-after_add_to_cart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4220"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4220"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4220"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/booksaves.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}