Includes bibliographical references and index

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 -- The autobiography of Deidre Bailey: thoughts on Malcolm X and black youth / Deidre Bailey

"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."--BOOK JACKET

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