First Title value, for Searching:
The afterlife of Malcolm X : an outcast turned icon's enduring impact on America
First Author value, for Searching:
Whitaker, Mark, author.
Format:
Libros
Abstract:
Explores the iconic freedom fighter's posthumous influence on Black Power, hip-hop, literature, sports, and politics while also detailing the wrongful convictions in his assassination, offering a broad view of his lasting impact on American culture and history.
Contents:
Prologue -- Part one: Conviction: 1965-1967. Death in the afternoon -- The reporters -- The trial -- Part two: Inspiration: 1966-1972. The autobiography -- Black Power! -- The athletes -- The Black Arts Movement -- Part three: Obsession: 1969-1979. A letter from prison -- Three "pawn sacrifices" -- Part four: Rediscovery: 1983-2020. The rappers -- The movie -- Hero to the right and left -- From Obama to Black Lives Matter -- Part five: Exoneration: 2017-2021. The reinvestigations -- An apology -- Epilogue.
Tema:
| African Americans -- Intellectual life. |
| Black Muslims -- Biography. |
| African American political activists -- Biography. |
| Black power -- United States -- History. |
| Black Muslims -- Biographies. |
| Activistes noirs américains -- Biographies. |
| Black power -- États-Unis -- Histoire. |
| Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle. |
| United States -- Civilization -- African American influences. |
| États-Unis -- Civilisation -- Influence noire américaine. |
| Biography. |
| Biographies. |
| X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Influence. |
| X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 -- Assassination. |
Summary:
Explores the iconic freedom fighter's posthumous influence on Black Power, hip-hop, literature, sports, and politics while also detailing the wrongful convictions in his assassination, offering a broad view of his lasting impact on American culture and history.
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