InPada themusim springbunga of [[1964]], Malcolm madepergi themengerjakan [[Haji]] (pilgrimage todi [[Mekah]]). ThePerjalanan ini telah mengubahkan hidup beliau. Ikatan persaudaraan yang beliau saksikan telah mengubah kepercayaan lamanya bahawa perhubungan antara tripkaum provedadalah life-alteringmustahil. The fellowship he witnessed between Muslims of all races shattered his long-held belief that such communion was impossible. He returned to the United States as a convert to orthodox [[Islam]] (and with a new name - El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) and founded the [[Organization of Afro-American Unity]] preaching a new interracial acceptance in addition to his belief in black nationalism.
