The Awakening of Malcolm X

Ilyasah Shabazz author Tiffany D Jackson author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Published:1st Feb '21

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A powerful fictionalized account of Malcolm X's adolescent years in jail written by his daughter along with a 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award-winning author.

A powerful fictionalised account of Malcolm X's adolescent years in jail written by his daughter along with a 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe Award winning author.No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, he drifts through days unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken - emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X. Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel (Candlewick), it can be read as a standalone historical novel that invites larger discussions on structural racism, prison reform, and civil rights.

ISBN: 9780374313296

Dimensions: 218mm x 147mm x 34mm

Weight: 418g

336 pages