Malcolm X, the 1960s American Black Rights activist, was born in the ghetto and barely went to school. Yet his views were sought by world leaders and his book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X, is deservedly a classic work of political literature. Oh, and it has sold over six million copies. over a million in the first eighteen months...

How he got from insignificance to world fame in a few fast-paced years is an amazing story, but at the heart of it is a small collection of books that he came across in a prison library while serving a sentence for larceny.

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