{"product_id":"book-dq4g","title":"The Awakening of Malcolm X","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis program includes a bonus interview with the author.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Awakening of Malcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo one can be at peace until he has his freedom.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days, unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken -- emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this audiobook chronologically follows \u003ci\u003eX: A Novel, \u003c\/i\u003eit can be listened to as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eIn this fictionalized biography of Malcom X's young adult life, written by his daughter, narrator Landon Woodson brings deep emotion to a man whose youth was fraught with injustice. Woodson transitions smoothly between Malcom's childhood\/teens and his early 20s, evoking both the desperation and hope of a young Black man who could no longer stand for the unjust treatment of his people.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49367416144176,"sku":"BDdq4g","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD [40]","offer_id":49367416209712,"sku":"40dq4g","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/239857-dq4g-Square.jpg?v=1734591097","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dq4g","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}