“When my mother was pregnant with me, she told me later, ‘a party of hooded Ku Klux Klan riders galloped up to our home,’” Malcolm later remembered. “Brandishing their shotguns and rifles, they shouted for my father to come out.” The harassment continued when Malcolm was 4 years...
Malcolm X. Writer: Malcolm X. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, one of seven children. His father, Earl Little, was a Baptist preacher who supported Marcus Garvey's Back to Africa movement. When Malcolm was four, the
the New Black Panther Party) and black supremacy groups; but although Martin Luther King warned that “A doctrine of black supremacy is as dangerous as a doctrine of white supremacy,” it would seem that black supremacists have not engaged in as many acts of violence as white supremacists...
Malcolm X was a controversial African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To many, he was a courageous advocate for black rights who spoke the truth. To others, he was a racist who used his charisma to promote violence. Here are 18 facts
(Lonette McKee), who was of Caribbean descent and partially white, married his father because he was black and a follower of Marcus Garvey, who preached that Black Americans should return to Africa to have their own region of the world, free of white influence. Eventually, his mother was ...
Malcolm's mother, Louise Little, was born in the West Indies. Her mother was black but her father was a white man. Earl Little was a member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and a supporter of Marcus Garvey. This got him into trouble with the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm ...
He was victimized by violence. His father was murdered, probably by the Klan, which had earlier burned down the family house. His mother was unable to support her children, and Malcolm was parceled out to a foster home. He was the brightest student in his classes but was steered away fro...
Malcom's father was killed under suspicious circumstances in 1931 and his mother had a breakdown in 1937. After his father's death and his mother's commitment to a mental hospital, Malcolm was first placed with family friends, but the state Welfare agency ultimately situated him in a juvenile...
In “A Homemade Education,” Malcolm X truly found his passion for books. Despite Malcolm X’s passion, he was illiterate and could not read a single word. Now he spend every single moment reading books, but his life ended him to prison. While my life is not similar to Malcolm X, I...
Did you know? In 1964, Malcolm X made a pilgrimage to Mecca and changed his name to el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. At age 6, the future Malcolm X entered a foster home and his mother suffered a nervous breakdown. Though highly intelligent and a good student, he dropped out of school follow...