Malcolm X was a civil rights leader who believed that whites and blacks should live in a separate environment where they each had their own space. Malcolm X, dubbed El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, believed that the only way there would be peace among black and whites, was if the two parties were segregated.
             Malcolm X's life was a life with a lot of conflict and brutality. Malcolm X was born under the name of Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. His father was a Baptist minister and strong follower of Marcus Garvey, the Black Nationalist leader of the 1920s who preached that all blacks should leave the US and go back to Africa. Garvey believed that blacks in America were never going to be equal with whites, and that America was a white country. The only way out was to go back to their homeland, Africa (Lloyd). While Malcolm's father was away and Malcolm's mother was pregnant with Malcolm, a group of KKK members came to their house and told Mrs. Little to send out her husband. She came out of the house and stood where all the KKK could see that she was pregnant and told them that Mr. Little was in Milwaukee preaching. The KKK, disappointed, shouted threats and told them to leave town. Enraged, they broke every window in Malcolm's home and left. When Mr. Little came home and heard what happened, he decided to move as soon a Malcolm was born to Lansing, Michigan. Here was where Malcolm's father died at the hand of the Black Legion (10). After Malcolm's father's death, his mother who had to take care of eight children and endure threats from the KKK, suffered a nervous breakdown. As a result, the state welfare department took Malcolm and his siblings. Malcolm was later enrolled in a reform school and did very well grade wise. He was the best student in his class and wanted to become a lawyer. Malcolm told one of his teachers about his dreams, but the teacher told and convinced Malcolm that he was black and that he could neve...