Episode 2
Manning Marable's biography of the human rights activist. Malcolm travelled to Boston and New York and had his eyes opened about real city life. He ended up with a prison sentence.
Manning Marable spent over twenty years writing this exhaustive account of the life of Malcolm X. In it he challenges many preconceptions held about Malcolm and examines Malcolm's own autobiography - revealing the truth about his omissions and inaccuracies.
Malcolm travels to Boston and New York and has his eyes opened about what city life really means. He attempts to hold down a job as a sandwich salesman on the railways but soon becomes embroiled in petty thievery and small time drug trafficking culminating in a prison sentence.
Read by Colin McFarlane
Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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- Tue 7 Jun 2011 09:45麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Wed 8 Jun 2011 00:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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