Name: The Awakening of Malcolm x: A Novel
Price: 16.75 EUR
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Author: Tiffany D. Jackson
ISBN: 9781250821133

portada The Awakening of Malcolm x: A Novel

Type

Physical Book

Author

Tiffany D. Jackson

Ilyasah Shabazz

Publisher

Square Fish

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.1 x 13.7 x 3.8 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781250821133

Synopsis "The Awakening of Malcolm x: A Novel "

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson. No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days, unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken -- emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X. Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be read as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.

Tiffany D. Jackson

(Author)

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Tiffany D. Jackson is an American author known for her young adult fiction novels that tackle complex social issues. Her debut work, Allegedly (2017), tells the story of a teenager accused of murder in her childhood, and was nominated for the NAACP Image Award. In 2018, she published Monday's Not Coming, focused on the disappearance of a young girl, which earned her the John Steptoe New Talent Award from the Coretta Scott King.

In 2019, Jackson released Let Me Hear a Rhyme, set in the world of rap in Brooklyn, followed by Grown (2020), which addresses exploitation in the music industry. Her foray into the horror genre came with White Smoke (2021), a novel about a haunted house. Additionally, she co-wrote Blackout (2021) and Whiteout (2022), and published the children's book Santa in the City (2021). Jackson holds a degree in film from Howard University and has worked for over a decade in the television and film industry.

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