The Autobiography of Malcolm X Kindle Edition

With our turbulent times in American today, there’s a pattern of systematic and individual racism that can be traced back as far this time period of Malcolm and other civil rights leaders fighting for the rights of the black man. This book has given me the perspective as a black man myself the pride to be one as well truly lift myself to be somebody. Malcolm showed us it doesn’t matter where you started but how you start but how you finish. To see someone truly to ignite the fire of a people, to stand up, to fight if necessary, to truly having a vision for all of us to live in a society as one is truly inspiring. America has a dark history of oppression and everyone should read this book to understand with even how far we’ve come, we still have work to do.

A must read for anyone who wants to understand the fabric of America. Truth and history have many facets, and this book helps unravel an important one.

Thick book!? Yes! But it’s a page turner. I’ve read this book and so did my sons when they were teenagers. Now I have a teenaged grandson who’s going thru difficult times. Reading about Malcolm changed my sons for the better. They seemed to grow into manhood smoother. I bought this recently for my grandson. He admitted , after a week that he had NOT opened it yet. 😱 No worries. I’m going to update this review because I have faith in Malcolm X. As soon as lazy azz Carter reads it, I’ll share his journey. Wait for it!

Malcom X, started life, lost his father early, family torn apart. He ventured into the streets and wound up in jail. In jail he turned his life around, and found religon. He had anger and hatred, yet, after visiting Mecca, he found a way forward for all Americans.Great book.Highly recommended.

Excellent autobiography. Just wow! I learned so much about Malcom X. I was devastated in finding out that the person that assassinated him was also in the Nation of Islam. A brotha if you will. My heart broke for his wife and children. Malcom did so much for Elijah Muhammad only for him to betray him. There's a saying that goes: It be your own kind sometimes. Ain't that the truth!

How many public intellectuals who get famous for espousing one view are willing to reassess that position and modify it? I cannot think of too many. Only having a mind that zealously searched for the truth regardless of where it may lead would have allowed Malcolm X to "re-arrange" and "toss aside" his previous views on race.The entire book is engrossing. The first 150 pages chronicles his life before his religious conversion. His parents were harassed, degraded and ultimately ruined by whites. Despite this, Malcolm was a good student who eventually failed because of his low ceiling as a young, black man was plainly told to him by a teacher. A fascinating portrait of a wayward youth trying to make it on the streets of Boston and Harlem ensues. The level of detail and numerous near misses make for a fascinating story. During this time, you see a very talented mind in the wrong line of work.Prison presents an opportunity for him to change course. He meets an older inmate named Bimbi who commands respect with the words he projects. He converts to Islam and consumes every book he can get his hands on. Once out, his devoutness to Elijah Muhammed is firm. He works relentlessly to build up the Nation of Islam. Malcolm alludes to a faith in Elijah that was so great, greater even than Elijah had in himself. That becomes clear when he confronts Elijah about his infidelity, the leader explains:I'm David. When you read about how David took another man's wife, I'm that David. You read about Noah, who got drunk - that's me. You read about Lot, who went and laid up with his own daughters. I have to fulfill all of these things.Ultimately, jealously and some controversial remarks send him into isolation. Malcolm journeys through the Middle East and Africa. After seeing the interracial brotherhood of the Hajj in Mecca, Malcolm states, "A blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks." Of his change, he says, "I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth."A lot of Malcolm's points hold up surprisingly well in America today. A real seeker of knowledge and of truth, this is a fascinating story.

Seeing where he came from and how you poured into himself educating and elevating his mind until he became transformed mentally. I loved being able to hear his mentality change towards the end and how he was as a person

Loved it