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The autobiography of Malcolm X¹
by Malcolm X with Alex Haley

The Black leader discusses his political philosophy and reveals details of his life, shedding light on the ideas that enabled him to gain the allegiance of a still growing percentage of the Black population.

Seventh child: a family memoir of Malcolm X²
by Rodnell P. Collins and A. Peter Bailey

Presenting an insider's study of the African-American leader, this informative portrait provides an in-depth look at the life of Malcolm X as told by his sister, Ella Little Collins, and his nephew, revealing a man who was not just a great leader, but a beloved brother, cousin, nephew, uncle, father, husband, and friend.

Malcolm X: by any means necessary : a biography¹
by Walter Dean Myers

A biography of the civil rights leader offers an in-depth look at his life and includes quotes from speeches.

They had a dream: the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X²
by Jules Archer

Traces the progression of the civil rights movement and its effect on history through biographical sketches of four prominent and influential African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X.

Little X: growing up in the Nation of Islam³
by Sonsyrea Tate

A portrait of daily Islamic life as seen through the eyes of a young girl describes her family's decision to become members of the Nation of Islam, her strict but empowering Muslim education, and her struggle to fit into the non-Muslim world.

Maus: a survivor's tale: -- my father bleeds history (mid-1930s to Winter 1944)⁴
by Art Spiegelman

The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel.

Persepolis: the story of a childhood⁴
by Marjane Satrapi

The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.

Pyongyang: a journey in North Korea⁵
by Guy Delisle ; [translated by Helge Dascher]

One of the few Westerners granted access to North Korea documents his observations of the secretive society in this graphic travelogue that depicts the cultural alienation, boredom, and desires of ordinary North Koreans.

The wall: growing up behind the Iron Curtain⁵
by Peter Sis

Annotated illustrations, journals, maps, and dreamscapes take readers on an extraordinary journey of how the artist-author's life was shaped while growing up in Czechoslovakia during the Cold War, as well as the influence of western culture through the influx of banned books, music, and news, in a powerful graphic memoir.

Japan ai: a tall girl's adventures in Japan⁵
by Aimee Major Steinberger

An animator and author on dolls and Japanese popular culture describes her trip to Japan to visit the place where her favorite dolls are made and to see Kyoto and Tokyo, dress up in costumes, eat at theme restaurants, and shop.