he was a gangster, he was a hustler. those early years did expose him to some of the darker precincts of the black condition. malcolm hatched a plan to engage in a series of breaking and enterrings. malcolm made the error of taking some of the merchandise to a pawnshop. when he went back to retrieve the watch, it was a watch, the police were there to arrest him. while malcolm is in prison, his family intervenes. his family had not given up on him. his brother began preaching to him. and i think preach to malcolm, you know, we have found these teachings of islam, they remind us of what our parents taught us, in terms of black people need to do for themselves, support their own institutions,