The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written by Alex Haley between 1964 and 1965, based on interviews conducted shortly before Malcolm's death (and with an epilogue for after it), and was published in 1972. The book was named by Time magazine as one of the ten most important nonfiction books of the 20th century.
The book consists of Malcolm X's upbringing in Michigan, his maturation to adulthood in Boston and New York, his time in prison, his conversion to Islam, his ministry, his travels to Africa and to Mecca, and his subsequent career and eventual assassination at Audobon Ballroom near 166th Street and Broadway in New York City. The book contains a great deal of substantial thought that concerns African-American existence. Malcolm X is an important influence rap and hip-hop music in general, to say the least.
Malcolm X is cited as a source by Chuck D (Carlton Ridenhour) and the rap group Public Enemy in the albums Yo! Bum Rush The Show and It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back published in the 1980s.
Malcolm X House at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut is a noted African-American fraternity house. Wesleyan University is recognized as leading the effort to recruit city youth to upper echelon universities starting in the 1960s.
The emotional timbre of the book The Autobiography Of Malcom X could be described as a crystal-clear elucidation of some very complicated philosophies originating from the unpleasant, tragic life experience of Malcolm X as a young man in Michigan.
In 2005, historian Manning Marable revealed the existence of three unpublished chapters of the book.