in terms of time. Ali only covers ten years and "X" covered
about two decades.
One could also argue that Ali is a more charismatic figure across the board than Malcolm, so it's harder to capture his essence than it was for Spike to capture Malcolm's.


If anything I do, in the way of writing novels (or whatever I write) isn't about the village or the community, or about you, then it is not about anything...The best art is political & you ought to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time." ~ Toni Morrison

To accept one's past -- one's history --is not the same as drowning in it; it is learning how to use it. ~ James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time.

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