Absolutely stunning illustrations accompany a powerfully-told, sophisticated picture book Author: Walter Dean Meyers
Illustrator: Leonard Jenkins
Format: Paperback
Published: Harper Collins, 2000

Absolutely stunning illustrations accompany a powerfully-told, sophisticated picture book biography of Malcolm X. Myers traces Malcolm?s political, spiritual, and philosophical evolution from his impoverished childhood and imprisonment through his correspondence with Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and his embrace of separatism to his journey to Mecca and adoption of a gentler philosophy of race relations. Myers sprinkles quotations from Malcolm X throughout the book. There is a chronology of Malcolm X's life with more quotes at the end.