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...
The scribbled notes in the manuscript "are a very direct narrative that he's crafting," said Young, citing the image of racist cross-burning that Malcolm X's mother described to him as a child. "And that's what brings him into the world." Loose fragments of Malcolm X's writing-...
In 1925, Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska. By 1939: His father, an outspoken Baptist minister, had been killed by a streetcar. Though his death was ruled an accident, there were rumors that Earl Little had been murdered by white supremacists. Malcolm’s mother had exp...
After his father was killed by the white supremacist organization Black Legion, which caused his mother to suffer an emotional breakdown, Malcom X and his siblings were forced into foster homes and orphanages (Malcolm X). This forced Malcolm X to live a life of crime as a means to survive...
Malcolm X-inspired show coming to Detroit Opera House Called "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X," the show premiered at the Detroit Opera House in May and more performances are scheduled on the 19th and 22nd. It details the life, transformation, and ultimate assassination of the civil ...
Malcolm X was orphaned early in life. At the age of six his father was killed and it has been rumoured that white racists were responsible. Seven years later his mother passed away after which he lived in a series of foster homes. ...
(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, tried to support her eight children on her own. Malcolm started stealing food and candy from neighborhood stores to support his brothers and sisters. After being caught a few too many times, a local court ruled that Louise was unable to control Malcolm and ha...
an outspoken civil rights leader in his own right, and he died when his son was still a child. Though his death was officially ruled an accident, it’s likely that he was killed as a result of his civil rights work. Soon afterward, Malcolm’s mother was placed in a mental institution...
Malcolm was the seventh of his father's and the forth of his mother's child. During this time, all the blacks were experiencing discrimination, including Malcolm X's family. To avoid the racial violence they were received in Omaha, the family moved to Michigan. Moving to Michigan really ...