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Автор Malcolm X
A One World Book
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Copyright © 1964 by Alex Haley and Malcolm X
Copyright © 1965 by Alex Haley and Betty Shabazz
Introduction copyright © 1965 by M. S. Handler
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by One World Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. , New York, and simultaneouslyin Canada by Random House, Inc. , New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
This edition published by arrangement with Grove Press, Inc.
“On Malcolm X” by Ossie Davis is previously appeared in
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 91-93124
ISBN 978-0-345-37671-8
eBook ISBN 9781101967805
First Ballantine Books Edition: June 1973
First Ballantine Books Trade Edition: February 1992
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This book I dedicate to my beloved wife Betty and to our children whose understanding and whose sacrifices made it possible for me to do my work.
CONTENTS
Introduction
1 Nightmare
2 Mascot
3 “Homeboy”
4 Laura
5 Harlemite
6 Detroit Red
7 Hustler
8 Trapped
9 Caught
10 Satan
11 Saved
12 Savior
13 Minister Malcolm X
14 Black Muslims
15 Icarus
16 Out
17 Mecca
18 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
19 1965
Alex Haley: Epilogue
Ossie Davis: On Malcolm X
M. S. HANDLER INTRODUCTION
The Sunday before he was to officially announce his rupture with Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X came to my home to discuss his plans and give me some necessary documentation.
Mrs. Handler had never met Malcolm before this fateful visit. She served us coffee and cakes while Malcolm spoke in the courteous, gentle manner that was his in private. It was obvious to me that Mrs.
Handler was impressed by Malcolm. His personality filled our living room.Malcolm’s attitude was that of a man who had reached a crossroads in his life and was making a choice under an inner compulsion. A wistful smile illuminated his countenance from time to time—a smile that said many things. I felt uneasy because Malcolm was evidently trying to say something which his pride and dignity prevented him from expressing. I sensed that Malcolm was not confident he would succeed in escaping from the shadowy world which had held him in thrall.
Mrs. Handler was quiet and thoughtful after Malcolm’s departure. Looking up suddenly, she said:
“You know, it was like having tea with a black panther. ”
The description startled me. The black panther is an aristocrat in the animal kingdom. He is beautiful. He is dangerous. As a man, Malcolm X had the physical bearing and the inner self-confidence of a born aristocrat. And he was potentially dangerous. No man in our time aroused fear and hatred in the white man as did Malcolm, because in him the white man sensed an implacable foe who could not be had for any price—a man unreservedly committed to the cause of liberating the black man in American society rather than integrating the black man into that society.
