Malcolm was sent to prison for burglary. In prison, Malcolm became interested in the teachings of Elijah Muhammed. Elijah Muhammed was the leader of an organization called the black Muslims, also known as the Nation of Islam, who advocated racial separation. Malcolm spent his time in prison educating himself and learning more about the black Muslims. When he was released, he joined a black Muslim temple and changed his name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X. Malcolm X became to most prominent spokesperson for the black Muslims until he decided to leave the group to form his own group called the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Malcolm eventually made a pilgrimage to Mecca and based on his trip there and other places in Africa and Europe

Malcolm X's views on white people varied throughout his life. When he was a child, his father took him to meetings of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. This association was Malcolm first experience with racial separation, but he was too young to know what to really think of the whites at this time. He even tried to straighten his hair like a white person's when he was a youth.

Malcolm X's supported the black Muslims until they silenced him for his remark about John F. Kennedy's assassination, which he was told not to make by Muhammed. He eventually left the black Muslims after receiving threats on his life by other members to form his own group.

Eventually Malcolm began representing Elijah Muhammed, who had done it himself until then, on television and on the radio. Malcolm became the "posterchild" of the Nation of Islam. He was receiving lots of mail from people who had heard him speak. Most of the letters he received were from white people; some of the letters were even death threats.

Malcolm X eventually went on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Along he trip he met several white people who were nothing like Elijah Muhammed's white man, they were nice to Malcolm. He even met white people who were also tak

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