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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

Les Payne, Tamara Payne

Who was Malcolm X, and why does his voice still shape how many people see themselves?

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Author
Les Payne, Tamara Payne

Why read it

  • You will see how a person can rebuild himself again and again through hard years and public conflict
  • You will understand why Malcolm still speaks to young people around the world who are fighting their own identity struggles
  • You will understand Malcolm's argument that racism backed by the state was not new but a continuation of a long pattern

Who it is for

  • Readers who know the slogans but not the man
  • Anyone thinking about how identity can be remade
  • Teachers and students of the civil rights era

Contents

  1. Introduction by Tamara Payne
  2. Part I: 1925—1939
  3. Chapter 1: Born Against the Current
  4. Chapter 2: Storms of Racism
  5. Chapter 3: The Anchor Is Lost
  6. Chapter 4: Pulling the Family Apart
  7. Part II: 1939—1946
  8. Chapter 5: East Lansing Red
  9. Chapter 6: Lighting Out for His Territory
  10. Chapter 7: Chased Out of Seventh Heaven
  11. Chapter 8: Luck Runs Out
  12. Chapter 9: Learning to Fight with Words
  13. Part III: 1946—1963
  14. Chapter 10: Birth of the Nation of Islam
  15. Chapter 11: Building Temples in the East
  16. Chapter 12: Hartford: “The Dead There Are Rising”
  17. Chapter 13: “Meet with Them Devils”
  18. Chapter 14: Malcolm, the Media, and Martin Luther King
  19. Part IV: 1963—1965
  20. Chapter 15: The Split
  21. Chapter 16: The International Stage
  22. Chapter 17: The Week Before: A Dry Run
  23. Chapter 18: The Hit
  24. Chapter 19: Back at the Mosque
  25. Epilogue
  26. Illustrations Insert
  27. Appendix: Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X): Some Questions Answered

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