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Malcolm's mother is committed to a mental institution, and he is sent to a detention home.
Chapter 2Malcolm changes his name to Malcolm X and becomes a minister of the Nation of Islam.
Chapter 12Malcolm learns Elijah Muhammad committed adultery, and Malcolm is expelled from Nation of Islam.
Chapter 16| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Introduction by M.S. Handler | New York Times reporter M. S. Handler introduces the book with his reminiscences of Malcolm X. He recalls the first time... Read More |
| Chapter 1 | Malcolm X's story begins before he was born, with a Ku Klux Klan raid on his family home in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925. Hi... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | This chapter begins with Malcolm X's recollection of the Louis vs. Braddock boxing match in 1937 in which the black boxe... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | Malcolm says he looked like a country hick when he first showed up in Boston. His green suit fit badly, and his naturall... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Malcolm gives impression of the hip lingo of the time. He recalls listening to jazz records while drinking alcohol and s... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Malcolm takes a job as a dishwasher on a rail line that goes to New York. After he sees black life in New York, Boston s... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Malcolm explains the numbers game as an illicit gambling game; people choose a three-digit number and bet on it. Bettors... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Malcolm starts carrying a gun and begins doing robberies and stick-ups. He is always high. On one robbery with Sammy, he... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | This chapter begins in medias res, that is "in the middle of things." Sammy and Malcolm are doing drugs in Sammy's apart... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | The chapter begins with Malcom moving in with Shorty. Ella and Shorty are surprised at how Malcolm has changed. Shorty, ... Read More |
| Chapter 10 | Malcolm and Shorty are each sentenced to 8 to 10 years on multiple counts, with the sentences to run concurrently. Not k... Read More |
| Chapter 11 | Malcolm writes to Elijah Muhammad, and in so doing realizes his handwriting is barely legible; he is ashamed of his gram... Read More |
| Chapter 12 | Malcolm is paroled in 1952 and moves to Detroit on the advice of his siblings, who think he needs to study with other pr... Read More |
| Chapter 13 | Malcolm X decides to become a minister of the Nation of Islam and spends months studying with Elijah Muhammad in prepara... Read More |
| Chapter 14 | The chapter begins by looking back a few months before the incident with Johnson Hinton that ended Chapter 13. In 1959 a... Read More |
| Chapter 15 | As Malcolm X makes more appearances, he receives more mail. "Ninety-five percent of the letters were from white people,"... Read More |
| Chapter 16 | The chapter begins in 1961 when Elijah Muhammad's illness suddenly worsens. Members of the Nation of Islam are upset bec... Read More |
| Chapter 17 | Malcolm X tells readers that all Muslims attempt the pilgrimage, or hajj, to Mecca at least once, "if humanly able." Wit... Read More |
| Chapter 18 | Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia makes Malcolm a guest of the state and arranges a car to take him sightseeing in Mecca. On... Read More |
| Chapter 19 | Malcolm observes that black people didn't follow through on his idea about taking their case to the United Nations. He a... Read More |
| Epilogue by Alex Haley | Alex Haley first hears of Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam through a friend in 1959. Soon after he pitches an article a... Read More |
| On Malcolm X by Ossie Davis | A magazine editor asked actor Ossie Davis why he gave the eulogy at Malcolm X's funeral. Davis gives his answer in "On M... Read More |
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