First and foremost, we’ve all heard of Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass along with their accomplishments in the civil rights movement. Both, Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass, were admirable leaders who stood up for minorities during a harsh time period. I truly admire their courage and willing to educate themselves to become more competent people for those who were against their ideas. In the narrative, “literacy behind bars” Malcolm X illustrates how he spent the majority of his time in prison reading and learning from the dictionary. According to the narrative Malcolm X felt free for the first time when he began to educate himself. At the end of the narrative he mentions that he would keep on doing this if he wouldn't have to be fighting
