The Autobiography of Malcolm X av Alex Haley, MALCOLM X

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<p>Malcolm X''s <i>The Autobiography of Malcolm X </i>was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of <i>Roots</i>, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of <i>The Black Atlantic</i>, in Penguin Modern Classics.<br><br>From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America''s black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.<br><br>Vilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and re