Malcom X was a militant black nationalist leader who was an advocate for Pan-Africans besides rising to global fame. (reading) I didn't know this but he changed his last name from little to X to represent his lost African tribal name. That is pretty cool for someone to do that and I have to say pretty impressive. As he spent some major time in prison he met a man by the name of "Bimni" and found that he was really impressed with this man and wanted to emulate him,but because he couldn't read and write he couldn't. As he was moved to a different prsion he was so frustrated with not being able to read or write that he asked for a dictionary and some tablets. He spent a whole day writing one page out of the dictionary. I can't imagine how stiff and painful his hand must have been. It is funny to hear that hte first thing he remembered what it looked like. It is funny to hear that the first thing he remembered was the word "Ardvark". He even remembered what it looked like and ate. After writing all of that I don't think I could remember much. My mind would be all jumbled up. Malcom became a very great reader and Malcom took his time and turned it into something very positive instead of negative even though he only went to 8th grade you would never have gussed that. He pretty much taught him self to read, write and spell. Prison enabled him to be able to study far more easily than attending college. Malcom became a great man and leader. Malcom was a great man. He turned his life around and spent all of his free time in prison studying and reading to become a great person and to be able to make some serious changes for when he got out of prsion. He wanted to his life to be different and to mean something. How impressive is that? His death was such a horrible event. He was murdered by political rivals on Feb.21,1965. At least he will be remembered for what he did.
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