The Autobiography of Malcolm X - Malcolm X - Part 4

The Autobiography of Malcolm X -
Malcolm X

2017 Reading Challenge - Day 163

June 12, 2017 

Book 48 - The Autobiography of Malcolm X, as told to Alex Haley
Malcolm X (1965)
 Part 4 - 155-219
Reading Time - 1 hour

We knew this was coming... Malcolm X ends up in prison for robbery. He is sentenced to 10 years. While there, his family gets involved with the Nation of Islam - a splinter group of Islam run by Elijah Muhammed. Malcolm X acknowledges that when he went to Mecca, the elders there were spitting mad at the Nation of Islam for twisting the teachings of Islam. Sooo... anyhow... Malcolm X gets converted and his life turns around. He starts reading as much as he possibly can about history and religion. He discovers the history of slavery in the United States and is appalled. Everything he reads about the world convinces him that the white man is the devil and has oppressed black, brown, red and yellow people throughout history. He joins the debating club in prison and tries to convert other black prisoners to Nation of Islam.

Malcolm X had an epiphany in prison and it turned his life around. One can't really argue with the success of that... he turned from "the personification of evil". What he turned into has yet to be revealed in the book... we shall see!