Movements are driven by thought as well as action. Michael Sawyer helps us hear the depth, strength, and continuing relevance of Malcolm's call for a world-wide Black revolution', 'Brilliantly contends that meaningful Black activism is grounded in an underlying philosophy. Kelley, author of 'Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination', 'Black Minded makes a compelling case for Malcolm X as a political philosopher of the first rank. Michael Sawyer has written a powerful and necessary book" - Fred Moten, author of 'In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition', 'Incisive, provocative, and essential, Black Minded makes a compelling case for Malcolm X's original contribution to a radical humanism that stands outside European traditions, against the dehumanization of the Black body, and for genuine global revolution' Robin D. "In its careful analysis of his radical and exemplary practice in word and deed, Black Minded doesn't give Malcolm X his rightful place in the canon of political philosophy so much as raise political philosophy to a height it never dared to reach by requiring and allowing it to ground with our brother.
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