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ⓘ About Malcolm X
His dad, Earl, was a Baptist minister and the chapter president of The Universal Negro Improvement Association. Earl’s civil rights activism prompted death threats from Black Legion, a white supremacist organization, which forced the family to relocate twice before Malcolm was four years old. His mom, Louise Helen Little, was the National recording secretary for the Marcus Garvey Movement which commanded millions of followers during the twenties and thirties. Regardless of the Little family’s efforts to elude the Legion, in the year 1929, their home in Lansing, Michigan was burned to the ground. Two years after that, Earl’s body was found lying across the town’s trolley tracks.
All Book Series by Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 1965 Co-authored · Alex Haley
The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches By Malcolm X
Book 5 of 9 · published 1971
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Malcolm X?
His dad, Earl, was a Baptist minister and the chapter president of The Universal Negro Improvement Association. Earl’s civil rights activism prompted death threats from Black Legion, a white supremacist organization, which forced the family to relocate twice before Malcolm was four years old. His mom, Louise Helen Little, was the National recording secretary for the Marcus Garvey Movement which commanded millions of followers during the twenties and thirties.
Which Malcolm X series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Malcolm X Speeches series, the earliest of Malcolm X's multi-book series: it opens with The Ballot or the Bullet (1964) and runs to 9 books across 1964–2012, ending with Malcolm X Speeches (2012).
How many books has Malcolm X written?
Malcolm X has 11 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1964 and 2012. 9 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Malcolm X Speeches series with 9 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Malcolm X's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Malcolm X's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Malcolm X Speeches (1964–2012, 9 books).
How are Malcolm X's books organised into series?
This guide splits Malcolm X's 11 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Malcolm X Speeches (9 books, 1964–2012).