Malcolm X & His Conversions

Malcolm X is still an icon today for the impact he had on the world over 25 years ago and in this essay I will provide a brief summary of his life along with an analysis of his character next to that of the convert social type. I will focus mainly on two times in his life. His conversion to Islam from within prison and his reaction to arriving in Mecca - some say his second …

…and economic condition. Although, even in the light of Malcolm's dramatic situation, this is a completely redundent and useless statement, because it can be said of just about anyones decisions at anypoint in their lives. It has also been shown that all we can be relatively certain of is that malcolm had at least one conversion during his lifetime. If the alternation in Mecca was in fact a conversion, Malcolm X never made it clear.