Malcolm X

Malcom X, born Malcom Little, embodied the heart and soul of African people, not only in America but also all around the world. He articulated the hurt and pain they suffered during that trying time. Malcom proved that your life doesn’t have to start out perfect to become a good man. He proved that one should not judge another by the color of his skin but by his character.

Malcom’s earliest memory came when he was four years old. He was awakened the middle of the night because his house had caught on fire. His father, Earl Little, claimed two white men started the fire and he had chased them off with his gun. But the police said Earl himself had done it because he recently lost a battle in court to keep the house. They said he did it out of revenge but no charges were made for lack of evidence (Stine, 4).

His father favored Malcom and though he beat his wife and other children Earl didn’t beat him. Malcom was the only one his father took to his U.N.I.A. meetings. When Malcom’s mother tried to punish him he’d scream so loudly she would stop of embarrassment. Malcom later said, “I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things” (Haley, 11)

One day Malcom came home from school to find his parent’s ar

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None of the speakers he was expecting to come came so Malcom went out on his own. His mother and father got in an argument over this and though she started to prepare it anyways Earl walked out. That night two officers came to the house to tell his mother Earl was found dead on some railroad tracks. He began dating a white lady named Sophia but Ella disapproved and got Malcom a railroad job. (Stine, 45)

Malcom later declared himself a traditional Muslim but he made it clear that all men were brothers and equal before God (DeCaro, 205). The toilets were just covered pails because there was no running water. ”

Malcom, “Who is that?”

“God is a man, His real name is Allah. He told Malcom that he had brains, if only he’d use them. He demanded that Hinton be taken to a hospital and that the officers be punished and said he would get rid of the crowd. Malcom got ten years hard labor and Malcom Jarvis got eight to ten years (Stine, 29)

Malcom spent nearly seven years in prison and the details are well told in his autobiography. Mobs grabbed and beat the shooters as they tried to escape.

In Boston he met a friend called he called Shorty who got him a job at a ballroom shinning shoes and introduced him to hassling. It was strangely similar to what happened to his father because the night before he was to be in court again his house was on fire once again. Malcom blamed black Muslims but the police suggested that Malcom had done it for revenge. When his brother left Malcom thought of all the white people he had come across and could see his brother’s point (Haley, 183).

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