For this paperback edition of a major work on one of the most important black leaders of this century, the author, a senior editor of Newsweek, has added a substantial epilogue which argues convincingly that three of the five accomplices in Malccolm X's assassination in 1965 are still free. (Univ. of Illinois Press)
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Well Written Account of Malcolm X 's Assassination and Life,
By Taalib A. Muhammad "Seek Knowledge From The C... (New York City, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Death and Life of Malcolm X (Blacks in the New World) (Paperback)
Anyone who has read Alex Haley's "Autobiography of Malcolm X" would be interested in this account by Goldman. Notice the title puts the word "death" before "life". The author delves into the mystery connected with Malcolm's assassination and the resulting coverup of the facts. Issues with the Nation of Islam are also addressed in a non-bias approach. Goldman also intelligently presents his case as being qualified to write about Malcolm X, despite the fact that he is a white man. Although there is no "smoking gun" as to who was truly behind Malcolm's assassination, this book is a good read.
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Reviewed by Dr. Abdul Salaam first health professional (Dentist) to join the Nation of Islam (1957), dentist to Malcolm X, Minister Louis Farrakhan and (The Honorable) Elijah Muhammad.
This book was for me one of the more thoughtful and clear expositions looking at a short segment of his life pre Malcolm X but focusing primarily on the last year and a half after Malcolm had left the Nation of Islam and a short time after his death that took a close look at his overall economic as well as his conjectured mental state during that time. The fact that Goldman was both a well respected journalist and a Whiteman who had known and was writing about Malcolm, in my opinion, produced a book of unusual insights and depth. Goldman was interviewed in the film An American Experience PBS documentary "Malcolm X Make It Plain" (a film containng segments from my collection on Malcolm and the Nation of Islam) to discuss his perspective on Malcolm. If anyone is still into the "Whiteman is the Devil" thing I suggest care be exercised by holding that bias in abeyance so as not to be blinded by that belief when reading the book. They may miss an important contribution to understanding Malcolm X. and the hardships he endured both in spite of and because of his fame. We all wear some kind of blinders as I tried to indicate in the chapter on "My Story" in my own soon to be released publication, Myths vs Realities, (The Honorable) Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, an Islamic Perspective. We should always keep that in mind.
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New York, Elijah Muhammad, Martin Luther King, Nation of Islam, Black Muslim, Muhammad Speaks, Benjamin Goodman, Captain Joseph, Original People, Percy Sutton, Charles Kenyatta, Ossie Davis, Cary Thomas, United States, Miss Angelou, Audubon Ballroom, James Farmer, Lost-Found Nation, Talmadge Hayer, United Nations, Bayard Rustin, Black Islam, Fruit of Islam, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Brown New!
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At the end, death was closing on him, and everybody saw it. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
chief hypocrite, black revenge, second suspect, speaking date Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Elijah Muhammad, Martin Luther King, Nation of Islam, Black Muslim, Muhammad Speaks, Benjamin Goodman, Captain Joseph, Original People, Percy Sutton, Charles Kenyatta, Ossie Davis, Cary Thomas, United States, Miss Angelou, Audubon Ballroom, James Farmer, Lost-Found Nation, Talmadge Hayer, United Nations, Bayard Rustin, Black Islam, Fruit of Islam, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Brown New!
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- When the Word Is Given by Louis E. Lomax on 5 pages
- By Any Means Necessary (Malcolm X Speeches and Writing) by Malcolm X on 4 pages
- Who Speaks for the Negro? by Robert Penn Warren on page 185, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The End of White World Supremacy: Two Speeches - Dual Cassette by Malcolm X in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Grass Roots by Roscoe Coleman Martin on page 116, and Back Matter
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- Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X by Michael Eric Dyson on page 36, and Back Matter
- Black Conservatism: Essays in Intellectual and Political History (Crosscurrents in African American History) by Peter Eisenstadt on page 129, and Back Matter
- Black Writers Abroad: A Study of Black American Writers in Europe and Africa (Studies in African American History and Culture) by Robert Coles in Back Matter
- The Black Studies Reader by Jacqueline Bobo on page 150
- Islam's Black Slaves: The Other Black Diaspora by Ronald Segal in Back Matter
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