Haley coauthored the autobiography based on a series of in-depth interviews he conducted between 1963 and Malcolm X's 1965 assassination.
"In 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of ten 'required reading' nonfiction books.The Autobiography of Malcolm X has influenced generations of readers In 1990, Charles Solomon writes in the Los Angeles Times, 'Unlike many '60s icons, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, with its double message of anger and love, remains an inspiring document.' Cultural historian Howard Bruce Franklin describes it as 'one of the most influential books in late-twentieth-century American culture', and the Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature credits Haley with shaping 'what has undoubtedly become the most influential twentieth-century African American autobiography'.The Autobiography of Malcolm X was published in 1965, the result of a collaboration between civil and human rights activist Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. Original publiher's cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, 455 pages. 8vo First edition, second printing, from same year as 1st printing. “This book will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle.” -I. a brilliant, painful, important book.” - The New York Times Praise for The Autobiography of Malcolm X It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X stands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. In the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. ONE OF TIME’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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