Malcom X: A Life Of Reinvention

Manning Marble's acclaimed biography of Malcom X has finally done justice to one of the most complex, influential, and controversial figures of twentieth-century American history. Drawn from voluminous new interviews and research, as well as Malcom's previously unseen diaries, Malcom X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America. Reaching into Malcom's troubled youth, it traces a path from his parents' actvisim as followers of Marcus Garvey through his own engagement with the Nation of Islam and rise in the world of black nationalism, culminating in the never-before-told true story of his assassination. Malcom X is a stunning achievement, a definitive work that has already begun to reframe our understanding of one of America's greatest advocates for social change.