THE AFTERLIFE OF MALCOLM X
Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of his birth, the first major study of Malcolm X’s influence in the sixty years since his assassination, exploring his enduring impact on culture, politics, and civil rights.
“An indispensable work that sheds new light on American society and one of its most compelling figures”
–Jonathan Eig, Putlizer Prize-winning author of “King: A Life”
About Me
Mark Whitaker
Author. Journalist. Speaker.
I’m a veteran journalist and editor who writes narrative nonfiction books. My family memoir “My Long Trip Home” was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize,. My social histories “Smoketown” and “Saying It Loud” were named among the fifty nonfiction books of the year by the Washington Post.
Watch the Video
I delivered a commentary on CBS Sunday Morning on Malcolm X and his remarkable afterlife. Malcolm’s legacy stretches from Black Power, to the hip hop generation, to Spike Lee’s movies–and on to today.
A Great Listen
For audiobook fans, the book is read by award-winning narrator David Sadzin, who whose previous audiobook work ranges from Jackie Robinson’s autobiography, to a Pulitzer Prize finalist biography of John Lewis, to the novelization of the hit Disney Pixar movie “Soul.”
