Malcolm X’s full story will never be told. These biographies explain why

I am happy to have been quoted in this article from the LA Times (from where the above picture also comes).

“’The Autobiography of Malcolm X,’” published shortly after the Black nationalist leader’s 1965 assassination, was both a literary classic and the foundation of his posthumous public image. But that’s been changing in the 21st century. This month, for the second time in a decade, a new biography strips away some of the mythmaking to bring a more nuanced Malcolm to the public.” … CONTINUE READING…