“He was one of the most fascinating and charming men I have ever met, and never hesitated to take his attractiveness and beat you to death with it. Yet his irritation, though painful to us, was most salutary. He would make you angry as hell, but he would also make you proud. It was impossible to remain defensive and apologetic about being a Negro in his presence. He wouldn’t let you. And you always left his presence with the sneaky suspicion that maybe, after all, you were a man!” -Ossie Davis
“He was saying something over and above that of any other leader of that day. While the other leaders were begging for entry into the house of their oppressor, he was telling you to build your own house.” -John Henrik Clarke
Malcolm X was one of the most dynamic and charismatic figures in the civil rights movement of the 1960s. This book is a look at who Malcolm was and his contribution to the struggle of African people for liberation and equal rights.