Description
First edition, first printing of For Malcolm: Poems on the Life and the Death of Malcolm X, published by Broadside Press in 1967.
Octavo, xxvi, 127pp. Paperback, title in black on front panel and spine. Stated “First Edition, First Printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, sunning to spine, a few small stains to rear cover, a near fine example.
Notable contributions to this work include: “For Malcolm X” by Margaret Walker; “Malcolm” by Gwendolyn Brooks; “On Watching the Funeral of Malcolm X” by Etheridge Knight; “To The Memory of Malcolm” by Robert Hayden; “Malcolm Spoke / Who Listened?” by Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee); “The Martyr” by Dudley Randall; “Malcolm, Malcolm, Semper Malcolm” by Sonia Sanchez.
