Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

ISBN-13:	9780143120322
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/2011
Pages:	624
Sales rank:	80,933
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 9.04(h) x 1.36(d)

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times bestseller, the definitive biography of Malcolm XHailed as "a masterpiece" (San Francisco Chronicle), Manning Marable's acclaimed biography of Malcolm X finally does justice to one of the most influential and controversial figures of twentieth-century American history. Filled with startling new information and shocking revelations, Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' activism as followers of Marcus Garvey through his own work with the Nation of Islam and rise in the world of black nationalism, and culminates in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcolm X is a stunning achievement, the definitive work on one of our greatest advocates for social change.