Make It Plain

A "New York Times"-bestselling author reflects on critical points in his life and times through the lens of the speeches he gaveand the leaders and preachers who inspired him.

What does it take to succeed in High School? You have four years to prove you want to go to college. It's called high school – and getting there is not as difficult as you might think. Make it Plain is an excellent resource for any middle or high school student dreaming of great things in the future. In Make it Plain, author Dr. Marvin L. Byrd plainly tells students how to graduate from high school with a key that will open the golden door that leads to a bright future. Make it Plain will help students... • Create a vision • Sustain effective effort toward making the vision a reality • Properly establish priorities • Manage work and play time effectively • Make wise decisions • And much more!

Production Team The voice of Malcolm X, silenced so abruptly nearly three decades ago, speaks today to more people than ever before. Drawing on hundreds of sources, including friends who new him and dozens of rare photographs, this magnificently produced volume explores his many-faceted character - political philosopher and visionary, father and husband, dynamic orator and hero.

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Following Gertrude Stein’s efforts throughout her life to shift the focus from her personality to her writing, these essays focus on her primary texts, including novels, plays, lectures, and poetry. Contributors to this collection draw on interdisciplinary backdrops to enrich and complicate how we might read, understand, and teach Stein’s writing.

This biography, though it covers his early life and adulthood, focusses most prominently on Malcolm X's final years, which were largely dominated by his departure from the Nation of Islam and his conflict with Elijah Muhammad. Throughout, the author addresses a number of lingering issues, including the role of fellow prisoner John Elton Bembry in Malcolm's prison conversion; whether Malcolm decided to leave the Nation of Islam before he was suspended by Elijah Muhammad; whether he was seeking martyrdom; and the extent of the role that government agencies played in Malcolm X's assassination in 1965.