By Any Means Necessary

by Boyd, Herb; Daniels, Ron; Karenga, Maulana; Madhubuti, Haki R.

• ISBN13: 9780883783368
• ISBN10: 0883783363
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-28
• Publisher: Third World Pr

Summary

Compiled as a response to Manning Marable's controversial new biography of Malcolm X, more than 30 noted scholars from the African American community offer their opinions on Marable's portrayal of the man whose short life still inspires speculation of what might have been. Contributors include: Imam Al-Hajj Talib Abdur-Rashid, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Abdul Alkalimat, Molefi Kete Asante, Rick Ayers, Bryonn Bain, Amiri Baraka, Aslaku Ber­hanu, Amir Bey, Todd Steven Burroughs, Ta-Nehisi Coates, William Jelani Cobb, Karl Evanzz, Iyaluua and Herman Ferguson, Bill Flectcher, Jr., Glen Ford, Rhone Fraser, Wil Haygood, Kelly Harris, Errol A. Henderson, Fred Hord, Peter James Hudson, Ezra Hyland, Regina Jennings, Peniel E. Joseph, Clyde Ledbetter Jr., Fred Logan, Kevin McGruder, Starla Muhammad, Nell Irvin Painter, Imani Perry, Gregory J. Reed, Sonia Sanchez, Diane D. Turner, Ilyasah Shabazz

Table of Contents

Opening Words
Malcolm	p. xi
Publisher's Statement: Actually an Obligation	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxv
Laying the Groundwork
When All is Said … Malcolm's Legacy is Secure	p. 3
The Meaning and Measure of Malcolm X: Critical Remembrance and Rightful Reading	p. 10
Response, Message and Meaning
The Meaning of Manning Marable's Biography of Malcolm X	p. 29
On Manning's Malcolm X	p. 34
Rethinking Malcolm Means First Learning how to Think: What was Marable Thinking? And Why?	p. 36
An Afrocentric Take on Manning Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention	p. 51
Malcolm X Still Inspires Today	p. 60
Manning Marable's Malcolm X Book	p. 68
Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable, A Look at the Book	p. 76
The Fault Lies not in our Stars, But in our Biographers: Minutes to Midnight, Manning Marable Succumbs	p. 81
The Legacy of Malcolm X	p. 87
Marable, Redefining Biography	p. 97
Paper Tiger	p. 101
Evolution of a Black Nationalist Revolutionary	p. 107
Manning Marable and the Malcolm X Biography Controversy: A Response to Critics African World	p. 121
Dragging Malcolm X to Obamaland	p. 136
Marable's Revolutionary Malcolm	p. 142
Manning Marable: Humanizing Malcolm or Denigrating Legacies?	p. 149
Manning Marable's Malcolm X	p. 159
A Toothless Pursuit of a Revolutionary's Truths: Marable's Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention	p. 163
Malcolm X: The Man and Our Times	p. 178
Unearthing Meaning in Marable's Malcolm X	p. 188
Manning Marable's Regurgitation on the Life and Memory of Malcolm X	p. 191
Is Imitation Truly the Mother of Invention?	p. 200
Rescuing Malcolm X From His Calculated Myths	p. 207
Malcolm, Charisma and Ancestry	p. 217
Reinforcing Barricades	p. 224
On Malcolm, Ourselves	p. 230
A Response	p. 235
Revising Perspectives on Malcolm X	p. 238
A Review of Manning Marable's Malcolm X	p. 241
By Any Means	p. 244
We Declare Our Right to be a Human Being: Malcolm X, "A Life of Reclamation"	p. 257
Malcolm X: Reinvention or African-centered Service and Sacrifice	p. 263
Last Word
On My Father	p. 275
Contributors	p. 278
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