In describing how he worked toward the goals of becoming literate and knowledgeable, Malcolm X touches on a variety of important issues related to developing thinking and language abilities. We can analyze some of the issues raised by answering the following questions:

Malcolm X describes the process of how learning words from a dictionary sparked a hunger for learning that lead to his being able to “pick up a book and read and now begin to understand what the book was saying.” Explain the importance of his hunger for knowledge in terms of how it impacted his life.

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MALCOLM X Born Malcolm Little on May 19 1925 Malcolm X was one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s A street hustler convicted of robbery in 1946 he spent seve... View the full answer