The Autobiography of MalcolmBy: Rhett Faucher

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My Review

The Author: Alex Haley

• Much Racism • Coast Guard • Reader’s Digest Senior editor • Worked with Playboy• First book was huge • Super Fly TNT• Roots• Known for:

-Historical fiction

-African-American struggles

1921-1992

Book’s Impact

• Insight on alternate views

• Pushed the Civil Rights Movement

• Created hatred & Racism

• Raised African- American’s self image

Literary Period

• Post World War II• Africa-American

Civil Rights • Beginning of Gay

Civil Rights

Insights

American History/Culture

• Change what is not right• African-Americans were

willing to fight for their beliefs

Life

• "...Early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.“

-Malcolm X

Bibliography

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"Malcolm X: The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Penguin Modern Classics)." Dadditudes. N.p., 1 June 2010. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.

Platt, Tony. "The Rag Blog: Tony Platt : Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio." The Rag Blog: Tony Platt : Remembering Alex Haley and Mario Savio. N.p., 12 Jan. 2012. Web. 09 Apr. 2013.

Tenryc. "CONNECTIONS." CONNECTIONS. N.p., 1 Mar. 2013. Web. 9 Apr. 2013.