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Malcolm X Man and His Times

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I had to read this book when I was doing a paper for school and at first I thought that this was boring but as I got into the book the life of Malcolm X was very intregueing. I enjoyed learning about this facinating man. Read ths book-it is very good.

Much of the info in this book people may already be privi to. But Malcolm's exchanges with the F.B.I makes the book worth while by itself. He referring to "Past Master" many times I found odd (some say Malcolm was killed because he was about to be made a Mason). His interview with Kenneth Clark was very revealing and frank. He took C. Erick Lincoln to task for Dubbing the N.O.I as "Black Muslims" he called black an adjectival noun attached to Muslim incorrect.

I found the essay by Betty Shabazz most touching and revealing. Especially mentioning the children's reaction to seeing their father present watching himself on T.V. the children had to look at the T.V. up close then look at their daddy equally as close and wonder how could he be in two places at the same time (they were quite young at this time). Betty Shabazz had this to say about what she learned from Malcom "Malcolm was the greatest thing in my life and he taught me what every female ought to learn: to live and to love as a woman, to be true to myself and my responsibilities as a mother. And to use my spiritual, material, and intellectual capacities to help build a better human society"

It doesn't take very long to understand this person's view of the world: everything is a conspiracy against the black man. Just read a few of his speeches in this book, just his view on the most simplistic things, such as anthropolgical terms of race classifications, that they are designed to promote whitey, and you'll realize this book is not very objective. This book dares to call Malcolm X the most pivotal figure in Afro-American history. Carver who? Booker T. Washington who? MLK who?! No, no, no. Didn't you know that Malcolm X--the pro-violence, Islamic extremist--is your hero? Pathetic. Dangerous propaganda in the wrong hands. I am throwing my copy away; I won't resell it.