Macolm X

A man was brought into this world on May 19,1925 to serve his people and help them open many doors. This man started of as a nobody and is now known to the world as being one of America’s greatest Civil Rights leaders.

Malcolm X Little was the 4th child born to Reverend Earl and Louise Little. He also had 3 half siblings. His dad believed in self-determination and worked for the unity of black people and tried to teach Malcolm the same way. His dad tried to raise Malcolm to be aware of his ethnic background and dignity. Violence was always sparked by white people that were trying to stop black people such as Rev. Little. (Malcolm’s father)

After he was born his family quite a few times before he they finally settled in Lansing, Michigan. His father became active in the University of Negro improvements Assoc. he also go involved in the Black Baptist Church.

Throughout Malcolm’s life he was dedicated to black people. I guess you could say that he followed in the footsteps of his father. Even though Malcolm, his brothers, sisters, and parents were all shot, burned out of their homes, harassed, and threatened they still fought for their freedom and for what they believed in. This culminated in the assassination of

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When he was twenty Malcolm was convicted of burglary, and he remained in prison till he was 27. In 1952 he was released a changed man. He was taught as a child to hate whites so that is what he grew up believing.

I feel that Malcolm led a very fascinating life and I believe that I have never see a man that had fought harder for what he believed in than Malcolm X did. He then no longer made sweeping indictments of any one race. He went through the transition period of the religion of the Nation of Islam, a religion of American origin borrowing some terms from the Muslim culture of the East. His commitment helped build the organization nation-wide, while making him and international figure. The fourth stage of his life was when he went to the Nation of Islam. Although all this happened to Malcolm throughout his life he still continued to go to school. He studied the teachings of Elijah Muhammad fully. He went to prison and that time gave him some time to pull himself together. While he lived in Harlem he was rowdy and got into a lot of trouble. He was interviewed for TV programs and by magazines and spoke across America at many different universities and other forums.

When Malcolm was only 6 years of age his father was shot and died.

On February 21 he was preparing to give a speech at a New York hotel when three black men shot him.

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