The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X

This biography, the result of a nearly thirty-year-long quest by Les Payne, provides an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X. It includes detailed accounts of Malcolm’s life from his Depression-era youth, his conversion to the Nation of Islam, and his eventual break from the organization, leading to his assassination in 1965.

The book corrects historical records and offers extraordinary revelations about Malcolm X’s life and the broader context of American history.

Tamara Payne completed the work after her father’s death, ensuring the book’s completion and its affirmation of Malcolm X’s centrality to the African American freedom struggle.