Malcolm X''s searing memoir belongs on the small shelf of great
autobiographies. The reasons are many: the blistering honesty with
which he recounts his transformation from a bitter,
self-destructive petty criminal into an articulate political
activist, the continued relevance of his militant analysis of white
racism, and his emphasis on self-respect and self-help for African
Americans. And there''s the vividness with which he depicts black
popular culture--try as he might to criticize thos
內容簡介:
If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the
struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that
man was Malxolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is now an established classic
of modern America, a book that expresses like none other the
crucial truth about our times.
"Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book."
TEH NEW YORKTIMES
關於作者:
Biography, published in 1965, of the American black militant
religious leader and activist who was born Malcolm Little. Written
by Alex Haley, who had conducted extensive audiotaped interviews
with Malcolm X just before his assassination in 1965, the book
gained renown as a classic work on black American experience. The
Autobiography recounts the life of Malcolm X from his traumatic
childhood plagued by racism to his years as a drug dealer and pimp,
his conversion to the Black Muslim sect Nation of Islam while in
prison for burglary, his subsequent years of militant activism, and
the turn late in his life to more orthodox Islam. --
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of
Literature
目錄:
ATTALLAH SHABAZZ: FOREWORD
M. S. HANDLER: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE: NIGHTMARE
CHAPTER TWO" MASCOT
CHAPTER THREE; "HOMEBOY"
CHAPTER FOUR; LAURA
CHAPTER FIVE: HARLEMITE
CHAPTER SIX: DETROIT RED
CHAPTER SEVEN: HUSTLER
CHAPTER EIGHT; TRAPPED
CHAPTER NINE: CAUGHT
CHAPTER TEN: SATAN
CHAPTER ELEVEN; SAVED
CHAPTER TWELVE: SAVIOR
CHAPTER THIRTEEN; MINISTER MALCOLM X
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: BLACK MUSLIMS
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: ICARUS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: OUT
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: MECCA
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ
CHAPTER NINETEEN: 1965
ALEX HALEY; EPILOGUE
OSS~E DAVIS: ON MALCOM X