The Dead Are Arising

Brilliant and indispensable . . . Using the fruits of decades of interviews, [Payne] brings new information and perspectives on one of the most fascinating, and often misunderstood, figures in American history
Annette Gordon-Reed, author of The Hemingses of Monticello, winner of the Pulitzer Prize

The result of nearly three decades of investigative reporting, The Dead Are Arising is an essential new biography of one of the most compelling political figures of the twentieth century
Jill Lepore, author of These Truths

In a time of breezy, green-room infotainment, Les Payne restores the art of old-fashioned shoe-leather journalism. Malcolm X was one of the most fascinating and charismatic figures of the twentieth century, but like many icons,he was not without flaws. Payne exposes some of the major ones made under the influence of Elijah Muhammad whom Malcolm treated as one would a god. Payne charts Malcolm's disillusionment with his mentor, and the tensions between two egged on by J.Edgar Hoover. Payne's detailed account of Malcolm's negotiations with the Klan alone has mini-series possibilities. The Dead Are Arising is superior to the other Malcolm books, including the autobiography, which Malcolm despised
Ishmael Reed, author of Mumbo Jumbo

Meticulously researched and masterfully reported, this chronicle offers fresh insights and disturbing revelations that, among other things, strengthen the case for government complicity in the murder of Malcolm X. . . . A gripping read . . . [and] a worthy companion to Malcolm's famed autobiography
Nathan McCall, author of Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America

The Dead Are Arising. . . will become the definitive biography of Malcolm X
Ray Winbush, director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State

Les Payne has written a biography of this African American icon that sets a new standard for investigative journalism
DeWayne Wickham, founding dean of Morgan State University's School of Global Journalism & Communication