Wright, Herbert, debates with Malcolm X, 179-80 “X,” as name, 30-31 Yakub, experiments of, 63-65 not supported by orthodox literature, 71 Yale University, Malcolm X at, 179-95 Yoruba people, 38 “You tell it like it is,” 21 ABOUT THE AUTHOR Louis E. Lomax, one of the nation’s best-known social critics and lecturers, was born in Valdosta, Georgia, on August 16, 1922. Educated at Paine College, Augusta, Ga., American University, and Yale University, Mr. Lomax has served on the faculty of Georgia State College, in Savannah, as assistant professor of philosophy. His career as a professional writer began with the _Afro-American_ and subsequently he became a staff feature writer for the Chicago _American_. His magazine articles have appeared frequently in _Harper’s, Life_, _Pageant_, _The Nation_, and _The New Leader_. In 1959, when Mr. Lomax joined Mike Wallace’s news staff in New York, he became the first Negro newsman to appear on television. His first book, _The Reluctant African_, was given the _Saturday Review_ Anisfield-Wolf award of 1960 for the book dealing “most creditably with social and group relations.” His second book, _The Negro Revolt_, was both definitive and prophetic: Lomax predicted that Negroes would take their cause from the courtroom into the streets and market place, and his reportorial analysis of the forces now at work in the race struggle has placed him among America’s foremost authorities on social issues. One of the most sought-after lecturers in the nation today, Mr. Lomax lives with his wife in St. Albans, New York. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: Italicized text is surrounded by underscores: _italics_. Emboldened text is surrounded by equals signs: =bold=. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Archaic or alternate spelling has been retained from the original. End of Project Gutenberg's When the Word is Given..., by Louis E. Lomax