Book 3 - The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X and Alex Haley

I'm not sure what I was expecting when I started reading this book. Honestly, I hardly knew who Malcolm X. Of course, I've heard his name many times relating to the 1960s and civil rights. However, I definitely did not realize how complicated his life actually was.

His life perspective is so radically different from my own, it made for an interesting read. Alex Haley did an excellent job unbiasedly chronicling Malcolm X's life, which was made more apparent by the final section of the book. There were many twists and turns that I wasn't expecting, and clearly were not foreshadowed. 

I will say that the book seemed to drag on toward the end because of the many important happenings in the latter years of Malcolm X's life. I did not realized his humble beginnings, law school aspirations, stint as a junkie and criminal, and subsequent convert to Islam. I feel much more educated.