Autobiographies of People Who Left a Legacy

The opening line of Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' is 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.'

Helen Keller wrote the autobiography 'The Story of My Life', which was published in 1903.

The opening line of Malcolm X's autobiography is 'I was born in a small town in Mississippi, in the year 1925'.

Nelson Mandela wrote the autobiography 'Long Walk to Freedom', which was published in 1994.

The opening line of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s autobiography 'I Have a Dream' is 'I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed'.

J.D. Vance wrote the autobiography 'The Education of a WASP', which was published in 2016.

The opening line of J.D. Vance's autobiography 'Hillbilly Elegy' is 'I was born in a small town in Ohio, in the year 1965'.

Tara Westover wrote the autobiography 'Educated', which was published in 2018.

The opening line of Tara Westover's autobiography 'Educated' is 'I was born in a small town in Idaho, in the year 1986'.

Jeannette Walls wrote the autobiography 'The Glass Castle', which was published in 2005.

The opening line of Jeannette Walls' autobiography 'The Glass Castle' is 'I was born in a small town in West Virginia, in the year 1939'.

Bryan Stevenson wrote the autobiography 'Just Mercy', which was published in 2014.

The opening line of Bryan Stevenson's autobiography 'Just Mercy' is 'I was born in a small town in Alabama, in the year 1959'.

Michelle Alexander wrote the autobiography 'The New Jim Crow', which was published in 2010.

The opening line of Michelle Alexander's autobiography 'The New Jim Crow' is 'I was born in a small town in Virginia, in the year 1951'.