![]() ![]() His overarching goal was to write the most thorough, accurate and penetrating account possible of Malcolm X’s life (as well as his death). Payne interviewed hundreds of people including nearly everyone he could find who knew Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little): childhood friends, classmates, cellmates, colleagues, family members and neighbors. Payne’s background as an investigative journalist will not come as a surprise to readers of this exquisitely-researched biography. Army Ranger and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and editor at Newsday. Following his death in 2018 – with the manuscript nearly finished – his daughter (and primary research assistant) completed the book. ![]() Published last fall, “ The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X” is the result of nearly three decades of work by Les Payne. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X ![]()
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