Malcolm X: The FBI File - Couverture souple

Carson, Clayborne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 161608376X ISBN 13 : 9781616083762

Editeur : Allworth Press,U.S., 2012

Synopsis

The FBI has made possible a reassembling of the history of Malcolm X that goes beyond any previous research. From the opening of his file in March of 1953 to his assassination in 1965, the story of Malcolm X's political life is a gripping one.

Shortly after he was released from a Boston prison in 1953, the FBI watched every move Malcolm X made. Their files on him totaled more than 3,600 pages, covering every facet of his life. Viewing the file as a source of information about the ideological development and political significance of Malcolm X, historian Clayborne Carson examines Malcolm's relationship to other African-American leaders and institutions in order to define more clearly Malcolm's place in modern history.

With its sobering scrutiny of the FBI and the national policing strategies of the 1950s and 1960s, Malcolm X: The FBI File is one of a kind: never before has there been so much material on the assassination of Malcolm X in one conclusive volume.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The FBI opened its file on Malcolm X shortly after his release from a Boston prison in March 1953. Twelve years later — on February 21, 1965 — he was assassinated in a hail of bullets. Yet his fascinating story survived his violent death — and a vital part of that story is found here in Malcolm X: The FBI File. This extraordinary work distills the voluminous file kept on the most controversial and charismatic civil rights leader, which ran to more than thirty-six hundred pages. Accompanied by the incisive commentaries of Clayborne Carson, a leading scholar of the American Civil Rights movement, this is a fascinating biographical and historical document, one that sheds light on both Malcolm X and the government compelled to monitor him.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Allworth Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 161608376X
• ISBN 13: 9781616083762
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 520
• Éditeur: Gallen David
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible