| Edition |
Large print edition. |
| Description |
889 pages (large print), 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Physical Medium |
large print (16 point) rda |
| Series |
Thorndike Press large print biography and memoir |
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Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 811-885). |
| Contents |
Introduction / by Tamara Payne -- Part I: 1925-1939. Born against the current -- Storms of racism -- The anchor is lost -- Pulling the family apart -- Part II: 1939-1946. East Lansing Red -- Lighting out for his territory -- Chased out of seventh heaven -- Luck runs out -- Learning to fight with words -- Part III: 1946-1963. Birth of the Nation of Islam -- Building temples in the east -- Hartford: "The dead there are rising" -- "Meet with them devils" -- Malcolm, the media, and Martin Luther King -- Part IV: 1963-1965. The split -- The international stage -- The week before: a dry run -- The hit -- Back at the mosque -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X): some questions answered. |
| Summary |
"In 1990, Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X--all living siblings of the Malcolm Little family, classmates, street friends, cellmates, Nation of Islam figures, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders around the world. Payne's goal was ambitious: to transform what would become over a hundred hours of interviews into an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction, correct the historical record and deliver extraordinary revelations"--Page 4 of cover. |
| Subject |
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
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Black Muslims -- Biography.
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Black nationalism -- United States.
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African American Muslims -- Biography.
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African American civil rights workers -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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X, Malcolm, 1925-1965. (OCoLC)fst00047747
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African American civil rights workers. (OCoLC)fst00799093
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African American Muslims. (OCoLC)fst00798985
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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Black Muslims. (OCoLC)fst00833633
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Black nationalism. (OCoLC)fst00833733
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Black nationalism.
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| Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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Biographies.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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| Added Author |
Payne, Tamara, author.
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| Added Title |
Life of Malcolm X |
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Malcolm X |
| ISBN |
9781432886158 (large print ; hardcover) |
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1432886150 (large print ; hardcover) |
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