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How Laurence Fishburne Gave Voice To 'The Autobiography Of Malcolm X'

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The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to by Roots author Alex Haley for the first time in college. It was powerful and enlightening, to say the least.

So much so that I called my mother upon closing the book and asked her why she had never told me more about this amazing man and how important he was to Black America.

She waited for my rant to finish and then reminded me that the book, still in my hand, was one I had pulled from her own bookshelf.

That the information had always been there, but I had not been ready to receive it. She was dropping gems just like Brother Malcolm did.Malcolm X — his words, his teachings — were critical as I continued my journey of what it meant to be Black in America, and more specifically what it meant to be.

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