The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Name: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Author: Malcolm X and Alex Haley (also rec’d by Colin Kaepernick , Gabrielle Union , Ibram X. Kendi , Janelle Monáe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Rose McGowan , Tupac Shakur & Questlove )

by Malcolm X and Alex Haley (also rec’d by Colin Kaepernick , Gabrielle Union , Ibram X. Kendi , Janelle Monáe, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar , Rose McGowan , Tupac Shakur & Questlove )

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In college, I attended an elite, mostly white school and shrank myself to make others comfortable. But this was the novel that opened my eyes and helped me become my own person.

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