Malcolm X

Yesterday I finished reading the autobiography of Malcolm X as told to and recorded by Alex Haley. During the course of reading the book several changes,inclinations, and ideologies occurred in the life of Malcolm X as presented in the autobiography. For instance, in the middle of the autobiography, Malcolm X is a follower of The Nation of Islam and/or Elijah Muhammad but towards the closing Malcolm X converts to true Islam and also changes the direction of his perceptions and thoughts on racism. As a leader, Malcolm X was more aggressive and direct than many of his fellow leaders. In the autobiography he even mentions the differences between other leaders and himself. The beginning/middle section of the book told the street life of Malcolm X and how in jail is when he turned his life around and became fully aware of the prejudices brought upon the black race and also converted to the "Nation Of Islam" and submitted to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. I thought in reading the book that Malcolm X presented very interesting points for example while conversing he came to the conclusion that the white race is not inherently racist, but that society imposes and/or influences racist thoughts/actions on the white race. At the beginning of his activism, he believed that all of the white race were racist and he also presented an image of violence opposed to the image of non-violence presented in the Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X's pilgrimage/trip to Mecca changed his views in terms of it helped him to understand that not all humans of the white race are racist, seeing the hospitality and love between the white race he put a new approach behind his views one of a less aggressive nature. Towards the end of the book, Malcolm X repeatedly mentions the fact of he knew he was going to die, even in his past hustling days. The autobiography is very interesting especially in the middle and ending sections of the book.