Malcolm Before X

by Patrick Parr

Drawing upon interviews, correspondence, and nearly 2000 pages of never-before-used prison records, Malcolm Before X is the definitive examination of the prison years of civil rights icon Malcolm X.

In February 1946, when 20-year-old Malcolm Little was sentenced to eight to ten years in a maximum-security prison, he was a petty criminal and street hustler in Boston. By the time he was paroled in August 1952, he had transformed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625348177
• ISBN13: 9781625348173
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"