Bibliography of Malcolm X

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Malcolm X
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Malcolm X in 1964
Born
Malcolm Little

(1925-05-19)May 19, 1925
DiedFebruary 21, 1965(1965-02-21) (aged 39)
New York City, U.S.
Cause of death
Assassination by gunshots
Occupations
  • Minister
  • activist
Organizations
Movement
Spouse
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(m. 1958)​

This is a select bibliography of academic level books and journal articles about the life and work of Malcolm X and the historical context of his life and work.

Contents

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; [a] May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the new religious movement the Nation of Islam (NOI) while in prison and served as a spokesperson from 1952 until he transitioned to Sunni Islam in 1964. He is often regarded as one of the most significant Muslim figures in the history of the United States. A controversial figure accused of preaching violence, Malcolm X is also a celebrated figure within the African American community for his pursuit of racial justice and equality.

Works listed here are cited in the notes or bibliographies of scholarly sources. Each is published by an academic or major press, written by a recognized expert, or substantially reviewed in scholarly journals; borderline cases are omitted. A selection of primary sources are included. Many of the books below carry their own bibliographies; see the Further reading section for other bibliographies, and the External links section for historical sites, academic sites, and museums.

Citations follow APA style. [b] Book have citations to academic journal or mainstream published reviews when available. For books only partly about the subject, relevant chapter or section titles are provided when useful and available. Translators of the original-language edition are included when possible. In cases where a title or name has appeared with more than one English spelling, the most recent published form is used and a footnote documents any earlier title under which the work appeared.

Biographies

Family

The Nation of Islam

The civil rights movement in the 1960s

Topical

Historiography and memory

Primary sources and speeches

Collections

Individual speeches

Interviews

Archival collections

Further reading

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Arabic: الْحَجّ مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized: Al-Ḥajj Mālik ash-Shabāzz.
  2. ↑ Entries are in plain text APA 7 format without templates; templates are used only for reviews and notes.
  3. ↑ Also listed as The revolutionary lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Citations

  1. ↑ Little, Monroe H. (2013). "What Manner of Man?". The Journal of African American History. 98 (4): 586–594. doi:10.5323/jafriamerhist.98.4.0586.
  2. ↑ Weisbrot, Robert (1997). "On the Side of My People: A Religious Life of Malcolm X". The American Historical Review. 102 (2): 569–570. doi:10.1086/ahr/102.2.569.
  3. ↑ Baldwin, Lewis V. (1996). "On the Side of My People: A Religious Life of Malcolm X". The Journal of American History. 83 (2): 700. JSTOR   2945087.
  4. ↑ Howard-Pitney, David (2021). "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.". The American Historical Review. 126 (2): 829–830. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab295.
  5. ↑ Ralph, James (2022). "The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr". Journal of American History. 109 (3): 718–719. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaac448.
  6. ↑ Ashcraft, W. Michael (2013). "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention". Nova Religio. 16 (3): 109–110. doi:10.1525/nr.2013.16.3.109.
  7. ↑ Woodard, K. (2012). "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention". Journal of American History. 98 (4): 1134–1136. doi:10.1093/jahist/jar592.
  8. ↑ Glaude, Eddie S. (1992). "Malcolm: The Life of a Man Who Changed Black America". Journal of Black Studies. 22 (4): 617–618. doi:10.1177/002193479202200410.
  9. ↑ Johnson, Sylvester A. (2011). "Elijah Muhammad and Islam". Nova Religio. 14 (4): 136–137. doi:10.1525/nr.2011.14.4.136.
  10. ↑ Turner, Richard Brent (2010). "Elijah Muhammad and Islam". The American Historical Review. 115 (3): 863–864. doi:10.1086/ahr.115.3.863a.
  11. ↑ Ogbar, Jeffrey O. Green (1998). "An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad". The Journal of Negro History. 83 (1): 79–81. JSTOR   2668559.
  12. ↑ Turner, Richard Brent (1998). "An Original Man: The Life and Times of Elijah Muhammad". The American Historical Review. 103 (5): 1719–1720. doi:10.1086/ahr/103.5.1719.
  13. ↑ McCloud, Aminah Beverly (2008). "Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960–1975". The Journal of Religion. 88 (3): 428–429. doi:10.1086/590037.
  14. ↑ West, C. S'thembile (2007). "Black Muslim Religion in the Nation of Islam, 1960–1975". Journal of the American Academy of Religion. 75 (3): 739–742. doi:10.1093/jaarel/lfm059.
  15. ↑ Harris, Robert L., Jr. (2000). "Malcolm and the Cross: The Nation of Islam, Malcolm X, and Christianity". The Journal of American History. 87 (2): 744. JSTOR   2568903.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ Laue, J. H. (1963). "Black Nationalism: A Search for an Identity in America". Social Forces. 41 (4): 413–414. JSTOR   2573297.
  17. ↑ Patterson, Charles J. (1963). "Black Nationalism: A Search for an Identity in America". The Journal of Modern African Studies. 1 (1): 126–128. doi:10.1017/s0022278x0000094x.
  18. ↑ Lee, Martha (1997). "In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam". Canadian Journal of Political Science. 30 (3): 581–583. doi:10.1017/s0008423900016127.
  19. ↑ Van Deburg, William L. (1997). "In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam". The Journal of American History. 84 (1): 299. JSTOR   2952867.
  20. ↑ Braden, C. S. (1962). "The Black Muslims in America". Journal of Church and State. 4 (1): 105–107. doi:10.1093/jcs/4.1.105.
  21. ↑ Burgess, M. E. (1961). "The Black Muslims in America". Social Forces. 40 (2): 196–197. JSTOR   2574317.
  22. ↑ Hicks, Jacob (2019). "The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam". Nova Religio. 23 (1): 131–132. doi:10.1525/nr.2019.23.1.131.
  23. ↑ Rhodes, Jane (2019). "The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of Islam". Journal of American History. 106 (3): 713–714. doi:10.1093/jahist/jaz511.
  24. ↑ Zangrando, Robert L. (1980). "Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom". The Journal of American History. 67 (2): 469. JSTOR   1890510.
  25. ↑ Grant, Donald L. (1980). "Civilities and Civil Rights: Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom". The Journal of Southern History. 46 (4): 622. JSTOR   2207233.
  26. ↑ Belknap, Michal R. (1996). "Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi". The Journal of Southern History. 62 (2): 422. JSTOR   2211856.
  27. ↑ Draper, Alan (1998). "John Dittmer, Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi". The Journal of Negro History. 83 (3): 203–206. JSTOR   2649017.
  28. ↑ Capeci, Dominic J. (1992). "Running for Freedom: Civil Rights and Black Politics in America Since 1941". The Journal of Southern History. 58 (3): 569. JSTOR   2210218.
  29. ↑ Baldwin, Lewis V. (1992). "Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare". Theology Today. 48 (4): 468–469. doi:10.1177/004057369204800419.
  30. ↑ Mamiya, Lawrence H. (1992). "Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare". Horizons. 19 (1): 138–139. doi:10.1017/s0360966900025834.
  31. ↑ Crawford, Malachi D. (2021). "Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State". The American Historical Review. 126 (2): 830–831. doi:10.1093/ahr/rhab301.
  32. ↑ Dew, Spencer (2021). "Those Who Know Don't Say: The Nation of Islam, the Black Freedom Movement, and the Carceral State". American Religion. 2 (2): 142–144. doi:10.2979/amerreli.2.2.10.
  33. ↑ Curry, Tommy J. (2022). "Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X". American Political Thought. 11 (3): 420–426. doi:10.1086/720660.
  34. ↑ Stewart, James B. (2020). "Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X". Journal of African American Studies. 24 (3): 506–508. doi:10.1007/s12111-020-09491-6.
  35. ↑ Kendall, John (2011). "The Cambridge Companion to Malcolm X". Reference Reviews. 25 (5): 56–57. doi:10.1108/09504121111145564.
  36. ↑ Street, Joe (2014). "The Cambridge Companion to Malcolm X". Journal of American Studies. 48 (2): E56. doi:10.1017/s0021875814000504.
  37. ↑ Tinson, Christopher M. (2013). "Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America". American Studies. 52 (3): 111–112. doi:10.1353/ams.2013.0073.
  38. ↑ Van Deburg, W. L. (2013). "Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America". Journal of American History. 100 (1): 296–297. doi:10.1093/jahist/jat114.
  39. ↑ McCartney, John (1996). "Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X". The Journal of American History. 83 (1): 281. JSTOR   2945607.
  40. ↑ Robinson, Dean E. (1995). "Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X". Contemporary Sociology. 24 (6): 762. JSTOR   2076676.
  41. ↑ Vogel, Susan S. (1967). "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Review of Religious Research. 8 (2): 127. JSTOR   3510734.
  42. ↑ Gibney, Mark (1992). "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Human Rights Quarterly. 14 (4): 657. JSTOR   762341.
  43. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Malcolm X: Collected Speeches, Debates and Interviews, 1960-1965". Internet Archive. 2000. Retrieved 6 September 2026.
  44. ↑ "American Experience | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Transcript | PBS". www.pbs.org. Archived from the original on 5 January 2007. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  45. ↑ Moran, Marcia B. (5 June 2024). "Colorism and Its Effects on Self Perception". California Sociology Forum Student Journal. 6. California State University, Los Angeles: 28. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025.
  46. ↑ Malcolm X Speaks at Michigan State University (Audio recording). Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections. 23 January 1963.
  47. ↑ Malcolm X: The Ballot or the Bullet (Audio recording). American RadioWorks, American Public Media.
  48. ↑ Malcolm X Oxford Union Debate, 3 December 1964 (Video recording). Internet Archive. 3 December 1964.
  49. ↑ Interview with Malcolm X, 2 June 1964 (Audio recording, 2 tapes). Who Speaks for the Negro? The Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Oral History Project, Vanderbilt University.