MALCOLM X AND HIS YOUNG APPRENTICE, A. PETER BAILEY (MF GALAXY 066)
KNOWING MALCOLM X PERSONALLY, EDITING HIS FINAL NEWSLETTER, HOW MX’S INTERNATIONALISM PRECEDED MLK’S, BOOK ATTACKS ON MALCOLM DISGUISED AS PSYCHOLOGY, AND PRESERVING MX’S LEGACY LISTEN/DOWNLOAD While it’s remarkable that a man who didn’t live past age 39 has achieved immortality, Malcolm X accomplished so much in his brief, dramatic life that the reasons are clear. He was one of the most significant figures of the 20th Century, an African-American whose life, experiences, influences, and effects crossed continents and oceans. Born in 1925 to a family of activists for Marcus Garvey’s internationalist United Negro Improvement Association, young Malcolm faced numerous obstacles including the murder of his father, likely by Klansmen. Descending to crime and prison, he recreated himself with the aid of the Nation of Islam, one of the many groups that rose following the US government’s destruction of Garvey’s UNIA. Malcolm employed his astounding intellect, oratorical skill, an...