The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a landmark memoir chronicling Malcolm X’s life, transformation, and views on race and justice, as told to journalist Alex Haley.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf autobiography
book
memoir
adaptationDirector Spike Lee
adaptationStar Denzel Washington
adaptedInto film "Malcolm X" (1992)
surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
asToldTo Alex Haley
author Malcolm X
coAuthor Alex Haley
considered classic of African American literature
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublisherLocation New York City NERFINISHED
followsPeriod Malcolm X's break with the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X's childhood
Malcolm X's criminal years
Malcolm X's imprisonment
Malcolm X's involvement in the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X's later activism
Malcolm X's pilgrimage to Mecca
genre autobiography
memoir
nonfiction
political literature
hasTheme human rights
personal transformation
religious faith
resistance
self-education
systemic racism
influenced African American literature
Black Power movement
civil rights discourse
language English
narrativePerspective first person
notableFor impact on discussions of race in America
portrayal of Malcolm X's ideological evolution
publicationYear 1965
publisher Ballantine Books
Grove Press
structure chronological
subject Black nationalism
Islam
Malcolm X
Nation of Islam
civil rights movement
racial identity
racism in the United States
religious conversion
social justice

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film "Malcolm X" (1992) basedOn The Autobiography of Malcolm X
subject surface form: Malcolm X (1992 film)
Time magazine Top 100 non-fiction books since 1923 hasPart The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X notableWork The Autobiography of Malcolm X