The Awakening Of Malcolm X A Novel

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activists adolescent years in jail written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott KingJohn Steptoe awardwinning 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 Xs young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X A Novel it can be read as a standalone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power prison reform and civil rights.