Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements (Paperback)

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"To understand this remarkable man, one must turn to Malcolm X Speaks..... All but one of the speeches were made in those last eight tumultuous months of his life after his break with the Black Muslims when he was seeking a new path. In their pages one can begin to understand his power as a speaker and to see, more clearly than in the Autobiography [of Malcolm X], the political legacy he left his people in its struggle for full emancipation.... [This book] will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle." -- I.F. Stone in New York Review of Books

To understand this remarkable man, one must turn to Malcolm X Speaks.... All but one of the speeches were made in those last eight tumultuous months of his life after his break with the Black Muslims when he was seeking a new path. In their pages one can begin to understand his power as a speaker and to see, more clearly than in the Autobiography [of Malcolm X], the political legacy he left his people in its struggle for full emancipation ... [This book] will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle.--I.F. Stone --New York Review of Books --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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These are the major speeches made by Malcolm X during the last tumultuous eight months of his life. In this short period of time, his vision for abolishing racial inequality in the United States underwent a vast transformation. Breaking from the Black Muslims, he moved away from the black militarism prevalent in his earlier years only to be shot down by an assassin's bullet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Grove Press (January 11, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802132138
• ISBN-13: 978-0802132130
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,700 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His Own Words, the Way he wanted them!, April 10, 2002

By	Tony Thomas (SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements (Hardcover)

This book of Malcolm X's Speeches was begun while Malcolm was alive with the publisher and the editor that Malcolm selected, and speeches he wanted in the book. This begins the series of books by Malcolm X published by Pathfinder Press in collaboration with his family as more speeches, interviews, and talks by Malcolm X have been discovered. The aim here is to put Malcolm X's words first. Read them for yourself. Find out why Malcolm was a reasoned, passionate, but uncompromising opponent of US imperialism's wars against oppressed peoples, in Africa, in Vietnam, in the Mid-East. Malcolm can really inspire you about the fights we need.

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Malcolm X on Need for all-out struggle, May 10, 2002

By	David Salner (Frederick, MD United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In re-reading Malcolm X Speaks, I'm struck by how well he understood the viciousness of the U.S. system of oppression and how clearly he expressed the need for all-out, uncompromising struggle against it. The capitalist class lashed out at Malcolm X for these speeches, not just because he criticized their system, but because he dared to awaken the oppressed to their unconquerable human potential. Fighters from all over the world have studied this book, members of Sinn Fein in Ireland, farmers fighting foreclosure, opponents of police brutality, and supporters of the embattled Palestinians. Sharing the lessons of this book will advance our struggle! If this book is not available from Amazon, booksfrompathfinder will have it--click on "new and used" near the top of the page.

16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Book Ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!, August 5, 1999

By A Customer

This book lets the reader feel the power and intensity of the late El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X) from his time with the Nation of Islam to his Sunni Islamic belifs. While most books about Malcolm are written by PHD's who never met him this book is a combination of his OWN WORDS even a publisher cant mess this up.