Watching Roots in the Age of Trump
…slavery isn’t African-American history, it’s American history.
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Posts Tagged: Alex Haley
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Patrick O’Neil
Patrick O’Neil talks about his debut memoir Gun Needle Spoon, being big in France, the drug/recovery genre, and writing through trauma.
...moreThe Autobiography of Malcolm X, Reexamined
Behind The Autobiography of Malcolm X, there is a discussion over whether or not the book is an authentic depiction “of a martyred black icon or a sly act of ventriloquism by his more moderate collaborator,” that is Alex Haley. This essay examines Malcolm X through Alex Haley’s words and Manning Marable’s new biography, Malcolm […]
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