The afterlife of Malcolm X : an outcast turned icon's enduring impact on America / Mark Whitaker.

Author/creator Whitaker, Mark author.
Format Book
EditionFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
PublicationNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2025.
Copyright Date©2025
Descriptionxxi, 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 357-404) and index.
Genre/formBiography.
Genre/formBiographies.
Genre/formBiographies.
ISBN9781668033296
ISBN1668033291 (hardback)

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