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Malcolm Lives!

The Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Listeners

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Malcolm Lives!

By: Ibram X. Kendi
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National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi brings an American icon to life in the first major biography of Malcolm X for young people in more than thirty years. This program is read by the author.

As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and being incarcerated. He emerged from it all to make a lasting global impact. As a Muslim. As a family man. As a revolutionary. Malcolm’s life story shows the promise of every human being. Of you!

To trace Malcolm’s childhood and adult years, Kendi draws on Malcolm’s stirring oratory style, using repetition and rhetoric. Short, swift chapters echo Malcolm’s trademark fast walk. An abundance of never-before published letters, notes, flyers, extensive source notes, and more give young listeners a front-row seat to his life.

One hundred years after his birth in 1925, Malcolm’s antiracist legacy lives on in this thoughtful and accessible must-hear for all Americans. For you!

Just like history, Malcolm lives.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

©2025 Ibram X. Kendi (P)2025 Macmillan Audio Biographies Black & African American Literature & Fiction Multicultural Stories Political Social Activists Social justice

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"The short, accessible chapters compellingly contextualize global issues, speaking directly to readers and breathing new life into a critically relevant historical figure... A humanizing, resoundingly effective portrait showcasing history as a blueprint for radical change."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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It's marketed to young readers, but it’s a fantastic refresher of the life and times of a human rights champion. 🏆

Insightful details and context. An excellent piece of scholarship 📖📚

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It’s written for young readers, but adult readers who never received an honest public school education need the content. So, 99% of us.

Truths untold.

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I knew a lot about Malcolm X but Dr. Kendi does a brilliant job of tying together history and current issues. This is a beautiful biography of Malcolm X that shows his complexity and his life in the bigger context of the world he lived in and that we live in now.

Wonderful and eye opening

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