Malcolm X Autobiography Quotes

• The F.B.I. was very happy with the article they produced, which was entitled, "The Black Merchants of Hate," that came out in early 1963. What's significant about that piece is that that became the template for what evolved into the basic narrative structure of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

  Manning Marable

  Hate, Narrative Structure, Black

  "The Undiscovered Malcolm X: Stunning New Info on the Assassination, His Plans to Unite the Civil Rights and Black Nationalist Movements & the 3 'Missing' Chapters from His Autobiography". "Democracy Now!" con Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. 21 de febrero de 2005.

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• I love “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” That was like the only black book we read in high school...

  Junot Díaz

  Book, School, Black

  "Junot Diaz Interview: Prize-Winning Author Talks High School, Being A Nerd". Interview with Marisa Spiegel, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 1, 2012.

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• Very few people have actually had a chance to see the raw material that was going to comprise these three chapters [of Malcolm X Autobiography]. The missing political testament that should have been in the autobiography, but isn't.

  Manning Marable

  Should Have, People, Political

  "The Undiscovered Malcolm X: Stunning New Info on the Assassination, His Plans to Unite the Civil Rights and Black Nationalist Movements & the 3 'Missing' Chapters from His Autobiography". Interview With Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 21, 2005.

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• I believe that if we could see the chapters that are missing from the book [The Autobiography of Malcolm X], we would gain an understanding as to why perhaps - perhaps - the F.B.I., the C.I.A., the New York Police Department and others in law enforcement greatly feared what Malcolm X was about, because he was trying to build a broad - an unprecedented black coalition across the lines of black nationalism and integration. And in way, it presages 30 years ahead of time, the Million Man March.

  Manning Marable

  New York, Book, Believe

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• UCLA acknowledged this shift by bringing in Alex Haley (the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X) and Eldridge Cleaver (Soul on Ice) as speakers.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Ucla, Ice, Soul

  Fuente: www.sbnation.com

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