The Autobiography of Malcolm X
1965 · Work
Told to Alex Haley and published months after his assassination, Malcolm X's life story — from hustler and prisoner to minister and martyr — becomes one of the most influential American books of the century.
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- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat (1955)
- Montgomery bus boycott (1955)
- Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)
- The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing (1963)
- Birmingham campaign (1963)
- King writes the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)
- Freedom Summer (1964)
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- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- The Troubles (1968)
- The Beatles (1960)