Malcolm X's life is retold
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/where/faversham/Malcolm-X-s-life-retold/article-2954569-detail/article.html
Researcher: Marika Sherwood has had her book about Malcolm X published
By christine rayner
December 03, 2010
THE story of an activist murdered in New York 45 years ago has been
retold by a Faversham author.
Marika Sherwood of Church Road, Oare who has researched the history
of slavery has published the story of Malcolm Little, better known
as Malcolm X.
Her book "Malcolm X Visits abroad April 1964 to February 1965" is
published by the Savannah Press.
It tells of Malcolm Little, the son of a Grenada-born mother and
African-American father, was murdered in New York on February 21,
1965, after he had spent almost the whole of the previous year in
Africa and the UK.
Malcolm's father was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan-type organisation,
leaving his mother unable to cope. As a result, young Malcolm did not
complete school, became a petty criminal and ended up in prison in 1946.
There he read every book in the library and joined the Nation of Islam.
On his release in 1952, Malcolm dropped the surname Little as being a
"slave name" and called himself "X". He became an orator and
presenter, developing a powerful speaking style and recruiting tens
of thousands to the movement. He was interviewed and asked to give
lectures all over the USA.
Malcolm became a controversial figure during the civil rights
struggle, questioning the philosophies and behaviour of Elijah
Muhammad, the Nation's founder. In March 1963, he left the movement
and went to study Islam in Egypt.
Malcolm visited England several times, speaking at universities,
Muslim forums and other venues in London, Manchester, Birmingham,
Oxford and Sheffield.
Miss Sherwood's book tries to answer the question why Malcolm was
murdered shortly after his return to New York from the UK, asking:
"Was it because the Nation of Islam could not accept his criticisms?
Or because of his worldwide criticism of America's 'dollarism'? We
shall probably never know."
Research for the book was taken from Malcolm's travel notebooks,
augmented by the newspaper coverage of his visits, with additional
information from interviews with the people he met.
The book is available from shops, or direct from the publisher at a
discount price of £5 including p&p. E-mail Savannah Press at
[email protected] or 13 Church Road, Oare, Kent ME13 0QA.
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