What is the autobiography of malcolm x about

Even though they are first offenders, Malcolm and Shorty are convicted and sentenced to ten years, the maximum sentence for their crime.

Malcolm believes they received maximum sentences because their crimes involved the “corruption” of young White women. The women, meanwhile, receive one to five years at a women’s reformatory.

As Malcolm begins his sentence in Charlestown State Prison, he goes into withdrawal.

To cope, Malcolm trades cigarettes to the kitchen staff for nutmeg, which, he says has the psychoactive effect of marijuana when mixed with water.

Malcolm x chapter 14

Malcolm likens his behavior during his first year behind bars to those of a “caged leopard, viciously cursing aloud to myself. And my favorite targets were the Bible and God” (177). This attitude earns him the nickname “Satan.” The only positive influence during this early period is a fellow incarcerated man named Bimbi, whose verbal prowess teache