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lovelyday2day's review
5.0
This falls into the category of as good as everyone says. In addition to obviously learning a lot about Malcom X, it gave me more of an appreciation for biographies, and the perspective it can have vs. a memoir or autobiography. Very inspiring in how Malcolm X stuck to his core beliefs and also continued to learn and evolve his views as he lived.
I have also thought about his mother so much since the early chapters of the book. Highly recommend.
I have also thought about his mother so much since the early chapters of the book. Highly recommend.
jennajean's review
5.0
This was an incredible, well researched piece of nonfiction- I learned so much that I didn’t know about Malcolm X’s life and and movement.
isabel_reyes's review against another edition
5.0
immensely wishing i had read his autobiography (a definite precursor to this) because i feel like i missed out on a lot of the perhaps more obvious material that he would have included in that.
the things that surprised me:
-he was a pretty terrible kid and was partially to blame for the institutionalization of his mother
-either malcolm x wasn’t as involved in the civil rights movement directly as i had thought or this book was slightly incomprehensive but either way —> he was a broad preaching in the middle east for much of the civil rights movement
-he was not a member of the black panther movement
-he was a separatist who, at one point in time, colluded with the KKK
-he broke away from Elijah Mohammad’s teachings towards the end of his life and flamed his former mentor
-the fbi and his former american muslim brothers worked together to have him killed
the things that surprised me:
-he was a pretty terrible kid and was partially to blame for the institutionalization of his mother
-either malcolm x wasn’t as involved in the civil rights movement directly as i had thought or this book was slightly incomprehensive but either way —> he was a broad preaching in the middle east for much of the civil rights movement
-he was not a member of the black panther movement
-he was a separatist who, at one point in time, colluded with the KKK
-he broke away from Elijah Mohammad’s teachings towards the end of his life and flamed his former mentor
-the fbi and his former american muslim brothers worked together to have him killed
joshlegere's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
alishamay1305's review
3.0
Writing style was very difficult to read, didn't flow well but it was very comprehensive and well researched
catschristian's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Read this after the autobiography. This one was great to learn about Malcolm X from the people who interacted with him. It also provides more clarity and context in direct relation to the autobiography.