May 01, 2018rpavlacic rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
You'll either love or hate this book - no in-betweens. It is equal parts inspiring and infuriating. This book is not so much about Malcolm X himself as it is a critique of American society. While one may agree with his diagnosis, his solution - a separate black nation state - would not only have been impractical but impossible to achieve as no state would cede a square inch of its territory. The book is disturbing on a couple of counts. Malcolm praises Billy Graham but has nothing but scorn for Rosa Parks, Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King - in fact the latter is inferenced throughout but not mentioned by name until the very last chapter. The author was also anti-Semitic and proudly so, stating Israel had no right to exist. Whatever you may think about the man, this is one book you'll find hard to forget.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X