Years in the making, this is the definitive biography of the legendary black
activist. Of the great figures in 20th-century American history, perhaps none
is more complex and controversial than Malcolm X. Constantly rewriting his own
story, he became a criminal, a minister, a leader, and an icon, all before
being felled by assassins' bullets at age 39. Through his tireless work and
countless speeches, he empowered hundreds of thousands of black Americans to
create better lives and stronger communities while establishing the template
for the self-actualized, independent African American man. In death, he became
a broad symbol of both resistance and reconciliation for millions around the
world.

Manning Marable's new biography of Malcolm is a stunning achievement. Filled
with new information and shocking revelations that go beyond the Autobiography,
Malcolm X unfolds a sweeping story of race and class in America, from the rise
of Marcus Garvey and the Ku Klux Klan to the struggles of the civil-rights
movement in the 50s and 60s. Reaching into Malcolm's troubled youth, it traces
a path from his parents' activism through his own engagement with the Nation
of Islam, charting his astronomical rise in the world of Black Nationalism
and culminating in the never-before-told true story of his assassination.

Malcolm X will stand as the definitive work on one of the most singular forces
for social change, capturing with revelatory clarity a man who constantly
strove, in the great American tradition, to remake himself anew.

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