Savannah Bryant

For my summer reading I chose to read the autobiography of Malcolm X. I hadn't seen the movie before but Malcolm X was always someone who had interested me. I wanted to see how the civil rights struggles of his time compare to the civil rights struggles of today. I wanted to see what was going through his head and why he stuck so strongly to his beliefs. And most importantly, I wanted to read this book because Malcolm X seems like a pretty cool dude. I thought it was interesting how his encounters with groups such as the KKK and civil rights groups began at the beginning of his life. I think the incidents surrounding the KKK and his childhood made him who he was, along with being able to follow his father to the UNIA meetings. I thought his time with drugs and the time he spent in prison showed that people can overcome anything that is thrown at them. I think it's interesting that such a well known & successful character went through such turmoils. Watching Malcolm's views grow and change throughout this book was very interesting to see. Probably my favorite thing was watching his radical views change as he became more involved in the Islamic religion and how he falls in love with the "colorblindness" of the Islamic people.