{"product_id":"the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-9780345376718","title":"The Autobiography of Malcolm X","description":"\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e'S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the searing pages of this classic autobiography, originally published in 1964, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and anti-integrationist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Black Muslim movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American Dream, and the inherent racism in a society that denies its nonwhite citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time. \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X \u003c\/i\u003estands as the definitive statement of a movement and a man whose work was never completed but whose message is timeless. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Malcolm X's autobiography seemed to offer something different. His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will.\"\u003cb\u003e--Barack Obama\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Extraordinary . . . a brilliant, painful, important book.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A great book . . . Its dead level honesty, its passion, its exalted purpose, will make it stand as a monument to the most painful truth.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The most important book I'll ever read, it changed the way I thought, it changed the way I acted. It has given me courage I didn't know I had inside me. I'm one of hundreds of thousands whose lives were changed for the better.\"\u003cb\u003e--Spike Lee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book will have a permanent place in the literature of the Afro-American struggle.\"\u003cb\u003e--I. F. Stone\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ballantine Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345376718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/1999 pg. 1025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e7103 \/ Autobiography of Malcolm X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Malcolm X","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636395339932,"sku":"9780345376718","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fa386935-4297-44aa-9110-4b0d39500c62.jpg?v=1603841840","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-autobiography-of-malcolm-x-9780345376718","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}