Malcolm X: In Our Own Image"Assassinated in 1965, Malcolm X is still the most visible figure on the African American political landscape. His image is everywhere - on T-shirts, in music videos, on posters - and his name is invoked by a wide range of people claiming to carry on his legacy. But what exactly is Malcolm's legacy? And what exactly does Malcolm X mean to African America?" "In Malcolm X: In Our Own Image fifteen African American thinkers - including Amiri Baraka, Angela Davis, Arnold Rampersad, Cornel West, Patricia Williams, and John Edgar Wideman - answer these questions. Each essay critically examines a different aspect of Malcolm's life, and relates it to the present state of African America." "As a whole, Malcolm X: In Our Own Image challenges and complements Malcolm X's own best-selling Autobiography. It will be of interest to anyone wanting to know and think more about Malcolm X and African America today."--Descripción del editor. |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 7 |
AMIRI BARAKA | 18 |
Meditations on the Legacy of Malcolm X | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Malcolm X: In Our Own Image Anchor books |
| Editor | Joe Wood |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Anchor Books, 1994 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | Aug 10, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0385471416, 9780385471411 |
| Length | 246 pages |
| Subjects | › Political Science / General |
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