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The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Alex Haley, Malcolm X

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introvertsbookclub's review against another edition

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4.0

This is a good place to start if you are trying to broaden your understanding of the civil rights period, beyond what is narrowly covered in school. It is a detailed account of the life that shaped Malcolm X and how his ideas around racism and tackling racism formed and changed over time. The development of his ideas and his role as a leader was fascinating to read about, especially because the autobiography was written at a time of rapid upheaval in Malcolm X’s life. It provides an alternative reading to the popularly held perception of Malcolm X and some of the events he is most often associated with. While slow at times, it was necessarily so, and felt like an almost unmediated, and yet still reflective, insight into his mind.

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emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

The most beautiful autobiography I've read. Malcolm's journey and words mean so much to me.

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informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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5.0

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

I wanted to read this as a foundation text for my personal study in race and anti-racism in the US. It definitely fulfilled that for me. Much of what Malcolm X observed is still relevant today, I find. He was a very interesting and important figure in the civil rights era, and I feel that his time on Earth was cut much, much too short.

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challenging informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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adventurous hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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5.0

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menomica's review against another edition

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What I am trying to say is that it just never dawned upon them that I could understand, that I wasn’t a pet, but a human being. They didn’t give me credit for having the same sensitivity, intellect, and understanding that they would have been ready and willing to recognize in a white boy in my position. But it has historically been the case with white people, in their regard for black people, that even though we might be with them, we weren’t considered of them. Even though they appeared to have opened the door, it was still closed. Thus they never did really see me.

This book was. Dense. And a lot. But it did what it was supposed to do. Give an insight on the mind of Malcom X. Honestly, he’s pretty cool, when he’s not talking about women, or jewish people (dear god was that man antisemitic).

I also really loved how the book helped to give insight on the ideals of race and civil rights at the time. Seeing how multiple civil rights movements worked together and also how they disagreed.

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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