Analysis Of Malcolm X: A Homemade Education

The reading by Malcolm X, “A Homemade Education” is telling about how Malcolm chose to use his time in jail wisely and learn how to read (265). Malcolm studied the dictionary page by page and read book after book. After doing this Malcolm could now fully understand what reading was and knew what every book meant. Malcolm was born in 1925 and died in 1965. He was a noted political activist and writer (265). “A feud that developed over his desire to unify the races and free blacks in America resulted in his assassination by unnamed assassins at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, N.Y. on February 21, 1965” (265). Malcolm felt frustrated when trying to write because he was street smart and could speak intellectually but on paper he was unable