Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies

by Rita Kiki Edozie (Editor), Curtis Stokes (Editor)

Overview

The provocative debate about Malcolm X’s legacy that emerged after the publication of Manning Marable’s 2011 biography raised critical questions about the revolutionary Black Nationalist’s importance to American and world affairs: What was Malcolm’s association with the Nation of Islam? How should we interpret Malcolm’s discourses? Was Malcolm antifeminist? What is Malcolm’s legacy in contemporary public affairs? How do Malcolm’s early childhood experiences in Michigan shape and inform his worldview? Was Malcolm trending toward socialism during his final year? Malcolm X’s Michigan Worldview responds to these questions by presenting Malcolm’s subject as an iconography used to deepen understanding of African descendent peoples’ experiences through advanced research and disciplinary study. A Black studies reader that uses the biography of Malcolm X both to interrogate key aspects of the Black world experience and to contribute to the intellectual expansion of the discipline, the book presents Malcolm as a Black subject who represents, symbolizes, and associates meaning with the Black/Africana studies discipline. Through a range of multidisciplinary prisms and themes including discourse, race, culture, religion, gender, politics, and community, this rich volume elicits insights about the Malcolm iconography that contribute to the continuous formulation, deepening, and strengthening of the Black studies discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611865042
Publisher:	Michigan State University Press
Publication date:	10/01/2024
Pages:	316
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Rita Kiki Edozie is Professor of International Relations and African Affairs at the James Madison College at Michigan State University.
Curtis Stokes is Professor of Political Theory and Black Politics in the James Madison College at Michigan State University.

Table of Contents

Foreword Herb Boyd xiii

Preface xiii

Part 1 Malcolm as a Theoretical Framework

Malcolm X from Michigan: Race, Identity, and Community across the Black World Rita Kiki Edozie Curtis Stokes 3

The Paradigmatic Agency of Malcolm X: Family, Experience, and Thought Abdul Alkalimat 35

Reeducating the Afro-American: Malcolm X's Scholarly and Historical Pedagogy Lenwood G. Davis 53

Malcolm X: Master of Signifyin Geneva Smitherman 67

If You Can't Be Free, Be Indignant: The Womanist Legacy of Malcolm X Sheila Radford-Hill 81

Malcolm-esque: A Black Arts Literary Genre Joseph McLaren 101

Part 2 Malcolm and Community Engagement

Malcolm X's Pre-Nation of Islam (NOI) Discourses: Sourced from Detroit's Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Archives Charles Ezra Ferrell 119

Liberation and Transformation through Education: Black Studies at Malcolm X College, Chicago Edward C. Davis IV 135

Malcolm X: An Education of Positive Youth Development Challenged by Street Culture Carl S. Taylor Pamela R. Smith Cameron "Khalfani" Herman 153

A Detroit Black Panther's Soldiering Journey with Malcolm X: Extract Memoirs from an X Heir Ahmad A. Rahman 169

Malcolm X and the Black Campus Movement: Shaping Academic Communities Ibram X. Kendi 185

Part 3 Malcolm and Black World Struggle

Malcolm X, Islam, and the Black Self Zain Abdullah 205

Malcolm X and the Struggle for Socialism in the United States Curtis Stokes 227

Malcolm X, Black Cultural Revolution, and the Shrine of the Black Madonna in Detroit Errol A. Henderson 247

Malcolm X and the Cuban Revolution Ollie Johnson 263

Malcolm Omowale X (Re)Turns to Africa: Pan-Africanism and the Black Studies Agenda in a Global Era Rita Kiki Edozie 279

Works Malcolm X 303

Contributors 305

Index 313

Editorial Reviews

Malcolm X’s Michigan Worldview offers a creative and powerful interpretation of the state of Michigan’s impact on Malcolm X’s intellectual and political development and on Malcolm’s relevance to Black/ Africana Studies.”
—Sundiata Cha-Jua, Associate Professor of History and African American Studies Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

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