[PEN-L:2094] Re: Malcolm X

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How about _The Autobiography of
Malcolm X_ and _Malcolm X Speaks_.
Malcolm X was an eye witness to
his life. He tells of the meeting
with the KKK himself, as well
as discussing his period as a criminal.
Another thing about Malcolm Little (X)was
his frankness, including about his
own failures and shortcomings.

Charles Brown

>>> Bill Burgess <burgess@xxxxxxxxxxx> 01/12 3:15 PM >>>
At 01:57 PM 12/01/99 -0500, Doug H. wrote:

I just haven't read enough on my own to know how much Malcolm X turned on
the NOI...

I am no expert on this topic, but George Breitman's _The Last Year of
Malcolm X: The Evolution of a Revolutionary_ (New York: Pathfinder, 1967;
1992) is pretty convincing, on all the topics raised - meeting the KKK, his
break with the NOI, about women, relations with whites, Jews, socialism, etc.

Even if you don't accept all of Breitman's interpretations regarding
context, etc., the quotes from Malcolm X on these points deserve at least
the same consideration as other, usually better publicized statements.

Bill Burgess