Malcolm X, Andrew Helfer
Malcolm X, Andrew Helfer
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Malcolm X
A Graphic Biography

Author: Andrew Helfer

Narrator: Ezra Knight

Unabridged: 2 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/15/2013


Synopsis

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, lived a short, often violent life. This story frames Malcolm's death with his upbringing and the racial and political struggles that defined his adult life. Malcolm was struck by racial injustice at a young age. His father was murdered-though police ruled it a suicide-for his involvement in civil rights movements. He graduated from junior high at the top of his class, but his dreams were crushed when his teacher told him a black boy could never become a lawyer. Later, he joined the Nation of Islam and preached for civil rights-but this made him a target of the United States government and of ruthless assassins. This audio companion for the graphic novel Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography allows readers to follow along with the book's evocative drawings by Randy DuBurke. Listeners will gain a new perspective on the activist from this dynamic biography. "Far from reverential, the account includes chapters on Malcolm X's life as a hustler and his own disturbing racism ... evokes powerful visual drama and brings the big issues close in a way that is sure to interest YAs for biography assignments as well as discussion of the issues."-Booklist

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mara on August 03, 2014

Not too long after finishing Americanah, I chanced upon this graphic novel when perusing my local digital library. Conceptually, I love the idea of a graphic biography and (this is where the Americanah thing becomes relevant) was particularly interested to see how one might take on a racially-charge......more

Goodreads review by Miroku on January 05, 2013

First off, Helfer basically attacks Malcolm's own narrative of his life from the first page—even the first paragraph--of the "Autobiography" by asserting that Malcolm's "mother, for her part, had no memory of the events" of her being threatened by the KKK at their Nebraska home when he was in the wo......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 18, 2021

The text was great and I learned so much, but the illustrations were awful to the point of distraction. Disclaimer: I never read his autobio and entered the narrative knowing little.......more

Goodreads review by Mariah on April 29, 2014

This was not the worst biography that I have had to sit myself through, but it was the hardest 102 pages of my life. This may have been because I read this while I was on my youth group's annual 30-hour famine...so maybe my hunger was blinding me from the greatest biography of my life, but maybe not......more

Goodreads review by Chazzbot on May 07, 2010

This graphic novel is primarily intended for young adult audiences, and would likely provide a good introduction to the life and work of Malcolm X. For any other reader, however, I cannot recommend this book in place of X's autobiography, one of the most important books of the late 20th century. To......more