The Death and Life of Malcolm X

The Death and Life of Malcolm X provides a dramatic portrait of one of the most important black leaders of the twentieth century. Focusing on Malcolm X's rise to prominence and the final year of his life, the book details his rift with the Nation of Islam and its leader, Elijah Muhammad, leading to death threats and eventually assassination at the hands of a death squad. In a new preface for this edition, Peter Goldman reflects on the forty years since the book's first publication and considers new information based on FBI surveillance that has since come to light.

Table of Contents:
CoverTitleCopyrightContentsPrefaceA Last Word: 2013PART I: Matters of Color1. The Death of Malcolm X2. A Conversation at the Shabazz Frosti KreemMalcolm4. Malcolm Descending5. The Devil in the Flesh6. Allah in Paradise Valley7. The History of the End of the World8. Malcolm Redux9. Harlem10. The Parable of Hinton Johnson11. What Mr. Muhammad Told Dr. King12. Strangers in a Strange Land13. We Are a World14. Waiting for Allah16. Paradise LostPART II: The Hour of the Knife17. At the Edge of the Grave18. A Declaration of Independence19. A Declaration of War.20. A Pilgrim's Progress21. The Child Has Come Home22. The Return23. The Far Side of the Rubicon24. On Standing on the Tops of Trucks During Riots25. The Second Time Around26. By Any Means Necessary27. Coming Apart28. The Malcolm File29. The Hour of the GunPART III. A Detective Story30. The First Day31. What the Brothers Did32. The Second Man33. The Rites of Winter34. The Third Man35. Two Matters for the Police36. The Ones That Got Away37. The Judas Factor38. Trial39. Thomas40. T41. Zeroing In42. Betty43. Hayer44. Butler45. Johnson46. Confession47. Judgment48. Inquest49. The Case Is ClosedPART IV: Every Goodbye Ain't Gone50. The Day Malcolm X Died51. The Malcolm Legend53. Malcolm and Martin54. What Became of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam55. The Malcolm Legacy56. The Death of Malcolm XPART V: Afterthoughts: 1979Notes on SourcesIndex

About the Author :
Peter Goldman is an author and journalist living in New York City. A former national-affairs writer and senior editor at Newsweek, he is the author of eleven books including, most recently, his first novel, The Last Minstrel Show: A Detective Story.

Review :
"Goldman, shiningly eloquent, accurately gauges the impact of Malcolm's life on a whole generation of black people. . . . Malcolm would have, I think, approved of Goldman's biography and that would have been no faint praise."--New York Times Book Review   "Peter Goldman has written a masterful account. . . . An indispensable starting point for anyone interested in contemporary black life."--Washington Post Book World "Nowhere else in print has such a detailed, objective account of Malcolm X's last tragic years appeared. . . . Demonstrates how Malcolm X's influence in the black community became really significant upon his death."--Library Journal