Adults and teens are encouraged to read this classic autobiography. It is one of TIME's Ten Most Important Nonfiction Books of the Twentieth Century.

When we hear the name Malcolm X, a variety of adjectives comes to mind: black nationalist, Muslim, radical, civil rights leader, and for others, racist.
Few people who have an opinion on Malcolm X actually know that who he was in the beginning of his career, was dramatically different by his tragic end.

His story is that of transformation. Malcolm, at his end, left the Nation of Islam and became a Sunni Muslim and was very publicly for the brotherhood of all people as God's creation. If God can use him, how much more will he use us as believers in Jesus?

The Justice and Racial Reconciliation team hosted an opportunity to learn about this man who made a mark in American Civil Rights History. Our hope was to:

• Reevaluate our preconceived thoughts.
• See an adjacent path that some took during the American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s
• Make time to read "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
• Watch the Oscar nominated film, "Malcolm X" starring Denzel Washington

"I am for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against." –Malcolm X