A review by musicsaves
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

5.0

FIRST LINE REVIEW: "In the early years of the last century, the neighborhood just north of Harlem, later to be named Washington Heights, was a sparsely settled suburb." And as this suburb reinvented itself over the years, Malcolm X did the very same. This richly researched, highly detailed biography presents a fascinating portrait of the man who is usually characterized with a lack of depth and detail...an icon that stands for just one thing...when there is so much more to him than most people realize. And what I appreciated best was his ability to change his mind, to evolve, to become something more than who he first thought he was. Ultimately, to reinvent himself by using the knowledge and experience that an aware human being should bring into molding this earthly clay.