Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
With a new
introduction by National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi, the classic
collection of speeches given between 1963 and 1965 by Black liberation champion
Malcolm X
Malcolm X Speaks contains the major late speeches of one of the most important leaders for
Black liberation and empowerment, who was also one of the great orators of our
time. For many years, Malcolm X resisted the nonviolent and integrationist
approaches of the mainstream civil rights movement, emphasizing instead the
separation of the white and Black races. Beginning with his break from the
Black Muslims, however, Malcolm X moved away from philosophies of the Nation of
Islam and began to take a broader view of the potential for productive
alliances with other groups in the battle for liberation. Now reissued with a
new introduction by National Book Award winner and bestselling author Ibram X.
Kendi, Malcolm X Speaks is an essential volume in the literature of
Black power.
Synopsis
A new edition of the classic collection of speeches given
between 1963 and 1965 by Black liberation champion Malcolm X, with an introduction
by National Book Award winner Ibram X. Kendi
Malcolm X Speaks collects the
major late speeches of one of the most important leaders of our time, a man who
was not only a champion of Black liberation and empowerment but also one of the
great orators of the twentieth century. This long-celebrated book of Malcolm X's
speeches documents his changing vision of racial equality and is a testament to
the enduring power of his words. For many years, Malcolm X resisted the
nonviolent and integrationist approaches of the mainstream civil rights
movement, emphasizing instead the separation of the white and Black races.
Beginning with his break from the Black Muslims, however, Malcolm X moved away
from philosophies of the Nation of Islam and began to take a broader view of
the potential for productive alliances with other groups in the battle for
liberation. Now reissued with an introduction by the author of How to Be an
Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, this edition
of Malcolm X Speaks is a more-essential-than-ever volume in the
literature of Black power.
Synopsis
"Policies change, and programs change, according to time.
But objective never changes. You might change your method of achieving the
objective, but the objective never changes. Our objective is complete freedom, complete
justice, complete equality, by any means necessary."--Malcolm X, December 20,
1964
Malcolm X Speaks collects the major late speeches of one of the most important leaders of our time, a man who was not only a champion of Black liberation and empowerment but also one of the greatest orators of the twentieth century. This long-celebrated book of Malcolm X's speeches from 1963 to 1965 is a testament to the enduring power of his extraordinary words. These speeches show his changing attitudes to the Nation of Islam, questions of segregation and integration, and the development of productive alliances with other groups in the battle for liberation. Now reissued with an introduction by the National Book Award-winning author of
How to Be an Antiracist and
Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, this edition of
Malcolm X Speaks is a more-essential-than-ever volume in the literature of Black power.