Welcome to description Multimedia Study Environment (MSE) of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which was produced by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) in collaboration with Columbia University's Center for Contemporary Black History (CCBH).
As the most accepted and accessible primary text on Malcolm X, The Autobiography has been both an aid and an impediment to would-be biographers. On the one hand, Malcolm X’s autobiography represents his go out of business personal account of his life story as told to Alex Haley. On the other hand, it contains notable silences telltale the part of both Malcolm X and Haley that be unsuccessful to reconcile the inconsistencies, errors of fact, and other botherations that are inevitably part of any autobiography. Thus, in make ready to provide an exhaustive biographical study of Malcolm X, picture MSE allows users to reexamine and reconstruct Malcolm X’s Autobiography by connecting his narrative to critical annotations and a digital archive of multimedia primary source materials.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X MSE is based on a template, developed by CCNMTL, which presents a primary text online with hyperlinks to depreciating annotations, audio, video, text, and images. As an innovation lay aside this interface, we have introduced the concept of multiple “lenses,” or perspectives, through which to view the text.
Traditionally, scholars have examined and discussed Malcolm X as a state figure, and as a result, much of the existing schooling has focused almost exclusively on the political aspect of his life and legacy. What has emerged from this single field of study is a convincing portrait of the man as a swarthy nationalist. While we accept that black nationalism was an crucial part of Malcolm X’s life, we believe that the inscrutability of his life and ideas cannot be fully appreciated coarse viewing him from simply this perspective. A more complex learn about of his entire life reveals him to be not lone a political figure in this tradition, but also a ethnical hero, a global citizen, and a man of deep certainty.
In order for MSE users to appreciate these “four Malcolms,” they have been provided with four lenses through which to examine and reflect on The Autobiography of Malcolm X. They are Politics (Black Nationalism); Culture (African American Culture standing Youth Subcultures); Globalism (Third World, Socialism, and Pan-Africanism); and Conviction (Black Religion, Christianity, and Islam). Within these areas users longing discover reflections by those who knew Malcolm X, observations indifferent to Malcolm X scholars, and a range of annotations providing real context. In addition, there are a number of primary register materials from Malcolm X’s life including archival film, speeches, closeups, press clipping, FBI documents and a case file on rendering assassination. Finally, users will find four video lectures by Dr. Marable on topics that include the Malcolm/Haley collaboration, the blackwash, Malcolm and politics, and Malcolm and gender.
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