Lomax, the Black journalist who helped bring the Nation of Islam to television viewers in 1959, traces the movement from its founding prophet to its growth under Elijah Muhammad. The second half lets the leaders speak: sermons and speeches by Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X, followed by Lomax’s own long interview with Malcolm, set against the civil rights struggle of the early 1960s.
A first-hand document of Black Muslim thought written while Malcolm X was still its leading voice. Download the free EPUB.