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Malcolm X: A Revolutionary Voice

Tekijä: Beatrice Gormley

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What is looked upon as an American dream for white people has long been an American nightmare for black people. Malcolm X--born Malcolm Little--experienced that nightmare firsthand even as a small boy, when white supremacists firebombed his family home. Such terrifying moments, along with years of daily racist insults and barriers, shaped Malcolm's life, transforming him into one of the most articulate and rousing black nationalist leaders of all time. Beatrice Gormley, a prolific author of biographies for young people, captures Malcolm X's growth: his youth as a petty criminal; jailhouse conversion to the Nation of Islam; marriage to Betty Shabazz, which yielded four children; break with Elijah Muhammad and embrace of traditional Islam; and assassination in Harlem's Audubon Ballroom.… (lisätietoja)
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Malcolm X: A Revolutionary Voice is a relatively thorough telling of the life and times of the leader. The contents page lists the chapters with titles that help lay out the path of the story. Also listed is a glosary, biography of the author, image credits, and index. While the author's biography, the book is written by Beatrice Gormley, provides little information, there is a website address given. The author's website lists the large number of books she written, from biographies Julius Caesar to Barack Obama, however, the site provides little in the way of credentials such as educational background or research methodology.
The page immediatly following the contents is a timeline. It is straightforward and may serve as a helpful prereading primer. There is a brief one page introduction entitled Truth in Black and White. It opens with Malcolm Little, four years old, waking up to a buring house. Further down the page are the embolded words 'supremacists' and 'black nationalists.' These words, accompanied along with the sentences "many people, black and white, feared and even hated him...many people saw him as a hero" lets the reader know that controversy will be addressed.
The approximatly 120 pages of text are used wisely and organized effectively. Each chapter shares a strip of color along page's edge, linking them together visually. The thin bar of light color contains faint images such as a young Malcolm, protesters, Empire State building, and the sphinx. Each chapter has a title and a subtitle. The subtitle is almost always a quote, usually from Malcolm X, and can be found in the content of that chapter, thus giving the reader a preview of what is to be read. Throughout the chapters there are tan boxes, titled and usually containing a captioned photograph. The boxes contain extra information that does not fit into the content. Yet, these boxes go a long way in situating the historical time and context. These boxes explain about Jim Crow laws, famous pioneering African Americans such as Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Louis Farrakhan. Some boxes provide information about the popular culture of the time with examples of Gone with tht Wind and Uncle Tom's Cabin. They also go into politics, WWII, communism and the FBI suvelience of black nationalist party members. This additional information helps nestle the thoughts, feelings and actions of Malcolm X in contenx, while simultaneously providing the reader with access to topics and ideas he or she may not normally encounter, such as 'whitened history.'
While the book did not shy away from Malcolm's anger and tough rhetoric, possible explanations are given. For example, the book used the quote "The white man is the devil," and then helps the reader understand this phrase from more than one perspective. It is acknowledged that the phrase is "rationally a ridiculous idea, yet, when Malcolm thougth about all the white people he had known, he felt all of them had had some ill efect on him..." The ill effects are listed. So, in a sense, Gormly acknowledges that the statement is harsh and over-reaching, it was the realtity of how many felt.
The biography is useful in a classroom setting in many ways. It breaches a subject, black nationalism and its figure heads, that may not be covered in a traditional textbook. We all learn and celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, but why not Malcolm X? Did he not influence many African American? Malcolm X gives reasoning in his autobiography/biography written by Alex Haley as to why he chose a different route than MLK. Do we discuss that in class? In the final chapter of the book, Gormley expounds on Malcolm's legagcy. She states that "he empowered African Americans-especaily those who were poor and powerless...told them they should be proud to be black." She goes on to say that he altered the way white people viewed African Americans, changed how history was taught in school, and introduced many to Islam. While the author uses the statements about white devils and any means necessary and includes his inflamatory rhetoric, the final chapter is punctuated with a photo of a smiling Malcolm. From beginning to end, the book attempts to develop the complexity of the man and his times. I would hope that all biographies make it a priority to attempt to represent the complexities that are in all humans. ( )
  jamiesque | Apr 29, 2012 |
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What is looked upon as an American dream for white people has long been an American nightmare for black people. Malcolm X--born Malcolm Little--experienced that nightmare firsthand even as a small boy, when white supremacists firebombed his family home. Such terrifying moments, along with years of daily racist insults and barriers, shaped Malcolm's life, transforming him into one of the most articulate and rousing black nationalist leaders of all time. Beatrice Gormley, a prolific author of biographies for young people, captures Malcolm X's growth: his youth as a petty criminal; jailhouse conversion to the Nation of Islam; marriage to Betty Shabazz, which yielded four children; break with Elijah Muhammad and embrace of traditional Islam; and assassination in Harlem's Audubon Ballroom.

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