Malcolm X Learns to Read

The excerpt from Malcolm's autobiography is enlightening and very inspiring. His initial reasons for making himself literate weren't for a cause such as teaching about Elijah Muhammad, but because he was jealous of others who could steal conversations with their large words and with quick slips of their tongue. Eventually he found himself reading a dictionary in prison, and stumbled across Elijah's teachings. He became a disciple of Elijah Muhammad, and a pursuer of black rights. This is incredibly relevant to our unit. The only way that you'll become a better reader, writer, thinker, dreamer, creator, or whomever is to have a drive and a reason, and then to seek out to help yourself and/or others.