Abstract
The Autobiography of Malcolm X was a phenomenal economic and critical success. The book, which also inspired Spike Lee's Malcolm X, was named by Time magazine as one of the 10 most important nonfiction works of the 20th century and has helped to construct a durable image of one of the most significant African Americans in memory. In this article, the author argues that the representation of Malcolm X's agency, and particularly the elision of that agency, functions to enable the reader to forgive young Malcolm's vices, to imagine her or himself as an activist, and to consider the possibility of racial progress.
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