• I was an atheist, I was open-minded, and I began to read in that direction, in the direction of Islam, and everything that I read about it appealed to me.

    Malcolm X: I was an atheist, I was open-minded, and I began to read in that direction, in the direction of Islam, and everything that I read about it appealed to me.
    Interview with Robert Penn Warren, whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu. June 2, 1964.