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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

Influences

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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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Malcolm X’s books

Average rating: 4.32 · 249,016 ratings · 7,869 reviews · 74 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Autobiography of Malcolm X 4.32 avg rating — 239,255 ratings — published 1965 — 132 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) 4.46 avg rating — 5,706 ratings — published 1965 — 13 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 4.39 avg rating — 1,237 ratings — published 1970 — 9 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 D. Perry (Editor) 4.48 avg rating — 813 ratings — published 1989 — 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
	The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches By Malcolm X by Malcolm X, Benjamin Karim 4.10 avg rating — 650 ratings — published 1971 — 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
	النصوص المحرمة ونصوص أخرى by Malcolm X, حمد العيسى (Translator), مالكوم إكس 3.80 avg rating — 363 ratings — 4 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 4.38 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 1967 — 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
	Malcolm X Speeches: February 1965 4.58 avg rating — 251 ratings — published 1992 — 2 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 4.26 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1990 — 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
	The Ballot or the Bullet 4.35 avg rating — 133 ratings — published 1964 — 4 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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Quotes by Malcolm X

“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
― Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary

tags: philosophy, politics

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“My alma mater was books, a good library.... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.”
― Malcolm X

tags: books, reading

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“I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it is for or against. I'm a human being, first and foremost, and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole.”
― Malcolm X

tags: activism, truth

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