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Malcolm X: Criminal, Minister, Humanist, Martyr By TOURé Published: June 17, 2011 RECOMMEND TWITTER LINKEDIN SIGN IN TO E-MAIL PRINT SINGLE PAGE REPRINTS SHARE \o Link to 1st paragraph ?“His aura was too bright,” the poet Maya Angelou said of her first meeting with Malcolm X. “His masculine force affected me physically. A hot desert storm eddied around him and rushed to me, making my skin contract, and my pores slam shut.” Malcolm X had that same sort of bone-deep, visceral impact on America. He got under everyone’s skin — either in the sense that he seeped into your pores and transformed you the way the great love of your life does, or in the sense that he annoyed or scared the living hell out of you. There is no middle ground with Malcolm. If you hate him or distrust him, you should consider giving him another try: officers assigned to monitor the wiretaps on his phones sometimes ended up being flipped, because close listening led them to believe that his programs and philosophies were sensible and righteous and that law enforcement agencies should not have been working against him at all. And while Malcolm’s ideas changed America, his life journey has captivated us even more. He went from a petty criminal and drug user to a long-term prisoner to an influential minister to a separatist political activist to a humanist to a martyr. Throughout his life he continually grew upward, unafraid to challenge or refute what he believed, giving hope that any of us can rise above even our deepest convictions to become better people. Enlarge This Image Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos Malcolm X in 1961. MALCOLM X A Life of Reinvention By Manning Marable Illustrated. 594 pp. Viking. $30. Related Excerpt: ‘Malcolm X’?(April 2, 2011) Link by Link: A Digital Critique of a Famous Autobiography(May 9, 2011) On Eve of Redefining Malcolm X, Biographer Dies?(April 2, 2011) Manning Marable, Historian and Social Critic, Dies at 60(April 2, 2011) Books of The Times: ‘Malco