Malcolm before X
By Parr, Patrick
Book

Malcolm before X

by
Parr, Patrick. author.
Format
Book
Language
English (English)
Series
African American intellectual history
African American intellectual history
Subjects
X, Malcolm,1925-1965Imprisonment.(WiMaSCL)5316762
African American political activistsBiography.(WiMaSCL)4493627
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Publisher and Date
Amherst :University of Massachusetts Press,[2024]
©2024
ISBN
9781625348173.
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1625348177.
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9781625348166.
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1625348169.
Library of Congress Call Number
E185.97.L5P377 2024
Geographic Area Code
n-us---
Description
xiii, 362 pages :illustrations ;23 cm.
Contents (as listed on item)
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System Control Number
(OCoLC)1425807057
Summary"In February 1946, when the 21-year-old Malcolm Little was sentenced to eight to ten years in a maximum-security prison, he was a petty criminal and street hustler in Boston. By the time of his parole in August 1952, he had transformed into a voracious reader, joined the Black Muslims, and was poised to become Malcolm X, one of the most prominent and important intellectuals of the civil rights era. While scholars and commentators have exhaustively detailed, analyzed, and debated Malcolm X's post-prison life, they have not explored these transformative six and a half transformative years in any depth. Utilizing a trove of previously overlooked documents, Patrick Parr immerses readers into the unique cultures of Charlestown State Prison, the Concord Reformatory, and the Norfolk Prison Colony where Malcolm devoured books, composed poetry, boxed, debated, and joined the Nation of Islam. This time in prison changed the course of Malcom's life and set the stage for a decade of antiracist activism that would fundamentally reshape American culture"--Provided by publisher.
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