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The FBI has made possible a reassembling of the history ofMalcolm X that goes beyond any previous research. From theopening of his file in March of 1953 to his assassination in 1965,the story of Malcolm X’s political life is a gripping one.
Shortly after he was released from a Boston prison in 1953, the FBIwatched every move Malcolm X made. Their files on him totaledmore than 3,600 pages, covering every facet of his life. Viewing thefile as a source of information about the ideological developmentand political significance of Malcolm X, historian Clayborne Carsonexamines Malcolm’s relationship to other African-Americanleaders and institutions in order to define more clearly Malcolm’splace in modern history.
With its sobering scrutiny of the FBI and the national policingstrategies of the 1950s and 1960s, Malcolm X: The FBI File is one ofa kind: never before has there been so much material on the assassinationof Malcolm X in one conclusive volume.
