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Malcolm X

Born

in Omaha, Nebraska, The United States

May 19, 1925

Died

February 21, 1965

Website

http://www.malcolmx.com/

Genre

Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Black Muslim minister and a spokesman for the Nation of Islam.

After leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he made the pilgrimage, the Hajj, to Mecca and became a Sunni Muslim. He also founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Less than a year later, he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week.

Historian Robin D.G. Kelley wrote, "Malcolm X has been called many things: Pan-Africanist, father of Black Power, religious fanatic, closet conservative, incipient socialist, and a menace to society. The meaning of his public life — his politics and ideology — is contested in part because ...more

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	The Autobiography of Malcolm X 4.36 avg rating — 270,645 ratings — published 1965 — 191 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements by Malcolm X, George Breitman (Editor) 4.47 avg rating — 6,043 ratings — published 1965 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm X Speeches and Writings) 4.40 avg rating — 1,406 ratings — published 1970 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm X: The Last Speeches by Malcolm X, Bruce Perry (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 885 ratings — published 1989 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches By Malcolm X by Malcolm X, Benjamin Karim 4.05 avg rating — 924 ratings — published 1971 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	النصوص المحرمة ونصوص أخرى by Malcolm X, حمد العيسى (Translator), مالكوم إكس 3.81 avg rating — 382 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm X on Afro-American History 4.41 avg rating — 310 ratings — published 1967 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	February 1965: The Final Speeches 4.58 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ballot or the Bullet 4.40 avg rating — 220 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm X Talks to Young People: Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa by Malcolm X, Steve Clark (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1990 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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