It is certain that Malcolm’s name is misused today by those who quote him in support of a variety of causes. A man of tremendous energy and mental alertness, he left the “Black Muslims” toward the end of his vigorous life and accepted Islam. He no longer preached the doctrines of racial extremism and black nationalism. “This was about the point where Malcolm X had started calling for ‘human rights’ as against ‘civil rights’ and striving ‘to live the life of a true Sunni Muslim’” (Impact, London, 11–24 Feb. 1972).
