Throughout the The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley, the author, uses many events to develop central ideas throughout the text. Malcolm X born as Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Witnessing full discrimination and racial violence during that time. Causing his family to move throughout his early childhood, although they still continued to experience terrifying persecution and violence. To allow an image of what Malcolm X was born into the author begins the text with the astonishing