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National Book Award–winning and #1 New York Times–bestselling author Dr. Ibram X. Kendi brings an American icon to life in the first major biography of Malcolm X for young people in more than thirty years. This program is read by the author. As a youth, Malcolm endured violence, loss, hunger, foster care, racism, and incarceration. He emerged from it all to make a lasting global impact: as a Muslim, a family man, and a revolutionary. Malcolm's life story shows the promise of every human being—of you! To trace Malcolm's childhood and adult years, Kendi draws on Malcolm's stirring oratory style, using repetition and rhetoric. Short, swift chapters echo Malcolm's trademark fast walk. An abundance of never-before-published letters, notes, flyers, extensive source notes, and more give young listeners a front-row seat to his life. One hundred years after his birth in 1925, Malcolm's antiracist legacy lives on in this thoughtful and accessible must-read for all Americans. For you! Just like history, Malcolm lives. A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.