Malcolm X : in our own image
"Assassinated in 1965, Malcolm X is still the most visible figure on the African American political landscape. His image is everywhere - on T-shirts, in music videos, on posters - and his name is invoked by a wide range of people claiming to carry on his legacy. But what exactly is Malcolm's legacy? And what exactly does Malcolm X mean to African America?" "In Malcolm X: In Our Own Image fifteen African American thinkers - including Amiri Baraka, Angela Davis, Arnold Rampersad, Cornel West, Patricia Williams, and John Edgar Wideman - answer these questions. Each essay critically examines a different aspect of Malcolm's life, and relates it to the present state of African America." "As a whole, Malcolm X: In Our Own Image challenges and complements Malcolm X's own best-selling Autobiography. It will be of interest to anyone wanting to know and think more about Malcolm X and African America today."--Descripción del editor
viii, 246 p. ; 22 cm
9780312066093, 9780385471411, 0312066090, 0385471416
1104211530
Editor's note
Malcolm X and the new blackness / Joe Wood
Malcolm as ideology / Amiri Baraka
Meditations on the legacy of Malcolm X / Angela Y. Davis
Malcolm X and black rage / Cornel West
Learning to think for ourselves : Malcolm X's black nationalism reconsidered / Patricia Hill Collins
Philosopher or dog? / Hilton Als
Malcolm X : the art of autobiography / John Edgar Wideman
The color of his eyes : Bruce Perry's Malcolm and Malcolm's Malcolm / Arnold Rampersad
Sexuality, television, and death : a black gay dialogue on Malcolm X / Ron Simmons and Marlon Riggs
The riddle of the zoot : Malcolm Little and black cultural politics during World War II / Robin D.G. Kelley
"Can this be the end for Cyclops and Professor X?" / Greg Tate
Clarence X, man of the people / Patricia J. Williams
The allure of Malcolm X and the changing character of black politics / Adolph Reed, Jr
The autobiography of Deidre Bailey : thoughts on Malcolm X and black youth / Deidre Bailey