Malcolm X, by any means necessary Guest edited by Colin Grant On the centenary of his birth, writers offer portraits of how they first saw Malcolm X and his relevance today. Malcolm X Truth Seeker Bonnie Greer "An artist in the creation of a deeper reality." Encountering Malcolm X Vayu Naidu "He shaped my thinking of the personal as political." Malcolm at the Martyr’s Cafe Vanessa Kisuule "You told us not to wait for freedom but to seize it." Malcolm X (and James Baldwin) changed me Max Farrar "James Baldwin led me to Malcolm Little. I was surprised to see how sympathetic he was." Straightening out the kinks Ella Sinclair "I knew why I straightened my hair and it wasn’t because I wanted to be Black." Burn it down: Reading Malcolm X in Rochdale John Siddique "Malcolm was a seeker who put the voice of his soul above all outer circumstances." Living reinvention Franklin Nelson "For an unashamedly political testimony the autobiography is also knowingly funny."
Malcolm X (and James Baldwin) changed me Max Farrar "James Baldwin led me to Malcolm Little. I was surprised to see how sympathetic he was."
Straightening out the kinks Ella Sinclair "I knew why I straightened my hair and it wasn’t because I wanted to be Black."
Burn it down: Reading Malcolm X in Rochdale John Siddique "Malcolm was a seeker who put the voice of his soul above all outer circumstances."
Living reinvention Franklin Nelson "For an unashamedly political testimony the autobiography is also knowingly funny."
