The Awakening of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz
The Awakening of Malcolm X, Ilyasah Shabazz
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The Awakening of Malcolm X
A Novel

Author: Ilyasah Shabazz, Tiffany D. Jackson

Narrator: Landon Woodson

Unabridged: 7 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/05/2021


Synopsis

This program includes a bonus interview with the author.

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson.

No one can be at peace until he has his freedom.

In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days, unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken -- emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X.

Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this audiobook chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be listened to as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux

"In this fictionalized biography of Malcom X's young adult life, written by his daughter, narrator Landon Woodson brings deep emotion to a man whose youth was fraught with injustice. Woodson transitions smoothly between Malcom's childhood/teens and his early 20s, evoking both the desperation and hope of a young Black man who could no longer stand for the unjust treatment of his people." -- AudioFile Magazine

About Ilyasah Shabazz

Ilyasah Shabazz, third daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, is an educator, activist, motivational speaker, and author of multiple award-winning publications, including her books, Betty Before X and X: A Novel. She is also an active advocacy worker and an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City.

About Tiffany D. Jackson

Tiffany D. Jackson is the critically acclaimed author of YA novels including the NAACP Image Award-nominated Allegedly and Monday's Not Coming, a Walter Dean Myers Honored Book and Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner, as well as Let Me Hear a Rhyme. She received her bachelor of arts in film from Howard University, her master of arts in media studies from the New School, and has over a decade in TV/Film experience.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bookishrealm on January 06, 2021

YESSSS the first 5 star read of 2021! I'm so happy that it was this book. This book comes after X chronologically; however, it can be read as a stand alone. Thank you so much to FSG for providing me a copy of this book for review. All thoughts are my own. CW: use of the n-word, mistreatment of Black......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on September 17, 2024

This is his origin story, but sadly, it could’ve been the same story for any number of Black incarcerated men from that era and even from today. I only know a little about him, but I would love to learn more, and so like Malcolm X, I shall continue my learning through more reading. What I know about......more

Goodreads review by Skip on January 24, 2021

Capitalizing on the success of her first book about her famous father, Ilyasah Shabazz has written a second book, with a focus on Malcolm X's years in jail. This book starts with his being found guilty for robbing houses outside Boston, ostensibly at the behest of his white girlfriend, who sings a d......more

Goodreads review by Lex with the Text on January 24, 2021

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter @ilyasahshabazz along with @writeinbk. Y’all, I highly recommend this book. I finished it in one day. Book 2 of 2021. It’s a powerful narrative that centers on Malcolm as an......more

Goodreads review by Kameel on May 19, 2021

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative which accounts the activist's young adult years in in an extremely tough Massachusetts prison setting written by his daughter. The book explains the self discovery of young Malcolm and how he was determined to maintain his sanity and not allow his m......more