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Malcolm X
Malcolm x was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louise
Norton Little was a homemaker. His father Earl Little was an outspoken Baptist minister
and ,supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earl's civil rights activism
prompted death threats from the white supremacist organization Black Legion, forcing
the family to relocate twice before Malcolm's fourth birthday. Regardless of the Little's
efforts to elude the Legion, in 1929 their Lansing, Michigan home was burned to the
ground. Two years later, Earl Little was found lying across the town's trolley tracks.
Police ruled both incidents as accidents, but the Little's were certain that members of the
Black Legion were responsible. Louise suffered emotional breakdown several years after
the death of her husband and was committed to a mental institution. Her children were
split up amongst various foster homes and orphanages.
Malcolm was a smart focused student. He graduated from junior high at the top of
his class. However when a favorite teacher told Malcolm his dream of becoming a lawyer
was "no realistic goal for a nigger," Malcolm lost interest in school. He dropped out spent
some time in Boston, Massachusetts working various odd jobs and then traveled to
Harlem, New York where he committed petty crimes. By 1942 Malcolm was
coordinating various narcotics, prostitution and gambling rings. Eventually Malcolm and
his buddy, Shorty, moved back to Boston. In 1946 they were arrested and convicted on
burglary charges, and Malcolm was sentenced to 10 years in prison. (He was paroled
after serving seven years.) Recalling his days in school, he used the time to further...
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