Malcolm X

Name: Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
ISBN: 9780143120322

A Life of Reinvention

Manning Marable

2011·594 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

faith and doubt gritty hidden past identity crisis introspective power and corruption

Former NYT BestsellerPulitzer Prize (2012) · Nominee National Book Award (2011) · Nominee

“a masterpiece”
— San Francisco Chronicle

The definitive biography of Malcolm X Manning Marable's biography of Malcolm X finally does justice to one of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century American history. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism as followers of Marcus Garvey through his own work with the Nation of Islam and rise in the world of black nationalism, and culminates in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcolm X is a stunning achievement, the definitive work on one of our greatest advocates for social change.

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