The afterlife of Malcolm X : an outcast turned icon's enduring impact on America / Mark Whitaker.
| Author/creator | Whitaker, Mark author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
| Publication | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2025. |
| Copyright Date | ©2025 |
| Description | xxi, 426 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Outcast turned icon's enduring impact on America |
| Contents | Prologue -- Part one: Conviction: 1965-1967. Death in the afternoon -- The reporters -- The trial -- Part two: Inspiration: 1966-1972. The autobiography -- Black Power! -- The athletes -- The Black Arts Movement -- Part three: Obsession: 1969-1979. A letter from prison -- Three "pawn sacrifices" -- Part four: Rediscovery: 1983-2020. The rappers -- The movie -- Hero to the right and left -- From Obama to Black Lives Matter -- Part five: Exoneration: 2017-2021. The reinvestigations -- An apology -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | Explores the iconic freedom fighter's posthumous influence on Black Power, hip-hop, literature, sports, and politics while also detailing the wrongful convictions in his assassination, offering a broad view of his lasting impact on American culture and history. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-404) and index. |
| Genre/form | Biography. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| ISBN | 9781668033296 |
| ISBN | 1668033291 (hardback) |
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