Ep. 135 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley--The Stacks Book Club (Marc Lamont Hill)
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 October 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Today is The Stacks Book Club conversation of The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told Alex Haley. We are joined again by Marc Lamont Hill, author, professor, activist, podcast host, and bookseller for this discussion of one of the important works on nonfiction in American history. We talk about the ways this book transformed us, the bravery of changing one’s mind, and the ways in which this book still feels relevant fifty-five years later.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. I'm your host |
| 0:12.4 | Tracy Thomas. |
| 0:13.4 | Today is the Stack's Book Club discussion of the autobiography of Malcolm X as told to |
| 0:18.5 | Alex Haley. We've brought back author, professor, activist, TV host, and owner of Uncle Bobby's coffee and books, |
| 0:26.7 | Mark Lamont Hill. He's going to help us break down this American Classic. There are no spoilers on today's episode, so feel free to enjoy this episode even if you haven't |
| 0:36.6 | read the book just yet. |
| 0:38.8 | Be sure to listen all the way to the end of today's episode to find out our pick for the November book club. |
| 0:44.6 | Each week I like to take a little time to say thank you to the Stacks pack. |
| 0:47.8 | Those are the people who contribute a small amount to the Stacks through |
| 0:50.5 | Patreon to help make this podcast a reality. In exchange for the generosity |
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| 1:04.9 | today I'd like to say an extra special thank you |
| 1:06.8 | to Moira Folsom, Liz Dustin, Sarah Kociet, |
| 1:10.9 | Mackenzie Green, Antonia Adams, Hope Wilkes, Sarah Murphy trailer, Elizabeth Fisher, |
| 1:17.4 | Melissa Jones, and Theresa Mara Lacroy. |
| 1:21.0 | Thank you all so much. All right, now it's time for the Stax Book Club conversation on the autobiography of Malcolm X. All right, everybody. I am back again with author, professor, thinker, activist, all around, |
| 1:42.1 | a bookseller, hello, all around all around a bookseller hello all around wonderful human |
| 1:44.7 | Mark Lamont Hill mark welcome back to the stacks thank you for having you I love this |
| 1:49.2 | place I'm so I'm so happy we're gonna going to talk today for the Stax Book Club about the autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley. |
| 1:59.0 | Okay, so we always start here. This is a reread for both you and I, but we always start with this. So what did you think of the book? |
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