The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley
Originally published in 1964, the book tells the story of Muslim minister and human rights activist, Malcolm X. It was later thought to be too radical for students in high schools for allegedly serving as a “how-to manual” for crime, based on its anti-white rhetoric. In 1994, Jacksonville library in Florida only allowed teens with parental permission slips to use the book. In 2014, reports said that teachers at Public School 201 in Flushing, Queens, tried to prevent fourth graders from completing reports about Malcolm X’s life, saying the human rights activist was “bad” and “violent.” Black authors.
