The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X's 1965 autobiography as told to Alex Haley — covering his childhood poverty, criminal life, conversion to Islam in prison, rise in the Nation of Islam, break with Elijah Muhammad, pilgrimage to Mecca, and evolving views on race before his assassination.

Creates the most powerful first-person account of Black rage and transformation in American literature — Malcolm X's willingness to document his own evolution (including repudiating positions he held passionately) gives the book a moral honesty rare in political memoir.