Legacy

Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.[239][240][241] He is credited with raising the self-esteem of black Americans and reconnecting them with their African heritage.[242] He is largely responsible for the spread of Islam in the black community in the United States.[243][244][245] Many African Americans, especially those who lived in cities in the Northern and Western United States, felt that Malcolm X articulated their complaints concerning inequality better than the mainstream civil rights movement did.[95][96] One biographer says that by giving expression to their frustration, Malcolm X "made clear the price that white America would have to pay if it did not accede to black America's legitimate demands."[246]

In the late 1960s, increasingly radical black activists based their movements largely on Malcolm X and his teachings. The Black Power movement,[55][247] the Black Arts Movement,[55][248] and the widespread adoption of the slogan "Black is beautiful"[249] can all trace their roots to Malcolm X.

In 1963 Malcolm X began a collaboration with Alex Haley on his life story, The Autobiography of Malcolm X.[111] He told Haley, "If I'm alive when this book comes out, it will be a miracle",[250] and indeed, Haley completed and published it some months after the assassination.[251]

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a resurgence of interest in his life among young people. Hip-hop groups such as Public Enemy adopted Malcolm X as an icon,[252] and his image was displayed in hundreds of thousands of homes, offices, and schools,[253] as well as on T-shirts and jackets.[254] This wave peaked in 1992 with the release of the film Malcolm X,[255] an adaptation of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

In 1998 TIME Magazine named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.

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