As always, before discussing this week’s book, we discuss a theme inspired by the book. This week’s theme is The Power of Traveling Abroad.

Then, on to our story: Many have their opinions about him. But this is his story told in his own words, through a series of uninhibited conversations with one of the most influential authors of his time.

He brings himself down from the pedestal some have made for him (and up from the abyss others have thrown him in) with a vulnerable telling of his start as a survivor from the gutters of society, to his life as a passionate speaker in the halls of HBCUs and Ivy League universities.

This is the story of Malcolm Little, who became Malcolm X.

LET’S GET LIT!

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