{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x","title":"The Autobiography of Malcolm X","description":"\u003cp\u003eMalcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of The Black Atlantic, in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and remains an inspirational and controversial figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMalcolm X (1925-65), born Malcolm Little in Omaha, and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, lost both his parents at a young age. Leaving school early, he soon became part of Harlem's underworld, and in 1946 he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. It was in prison that Malcolm X converted to Islam. Paroled in 1952, he became an outspoken defender of Muslim doctrines, formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity in 1963, and had received considerable publicity by the time of his assassination in 1965.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed The Autobiography of Malcolm X, you might like Nelson Mandela's No Easy Walk to Freedom, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This extraordinary autobiography is a brilliant, painful, important book'\u003cbr\u003e\nThe New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45637336924339,"sku":"9780141185439","price":399.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/91UTbQiU7mL.jpg?v=1783076223","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}