Malcolm Little: Growing Up As A Child

He studied hard to get high grades and he was even elected as the class president. He was doing his best, until his teacher went up to him and told him that his dream to be a lawyer, is not possible all because he is black. Instead, he insisted him to become a carpenter. From then, something started to changed within him. Malcolm sees the limit to the white acceptance, and the inevitable truth of what life awaits for the colored. He starts believing that in the white society he was living in, there is no success nor future. Spike Lee never really focused on Malcolm's childhood in the film, except for this particular part. He chose this moment to highlight, because this scene single handedly explains why he hated whites, why he became a hustler, and why he became a civil rights activists. It was the hatred against the whites. From then, he stopped accepting the whites. This was the moment when Malcolm's view on integration between whites and blacks became possible, to impossible. The historical figure of Malcolm X’s philosophy started here, with the hatred of his enemy. Malcolm X in his speech, preached that the black man should have their own power, by separating themselves completely from the white society, similar to what his father was preaching. His childhood tragedy gave him the reason to fight for, and the belief for uniting the black race for separating them from the cruelty. Malcolm X we all know of, would have never existed without

Malcolm X did not have an easy life growing up. After the loss of his father, a Baptist minister and a black nationalist, and the admittance of his mother to a mental institution at an early

Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Both of his parents were proclaimed pan africanist and followers of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. There were also very active in the Universal Negro Improvement Association. When Malcolm was 6 years old, his father was killed by members of a white supremacist group called the Black Legion, mainly because of him involvement with UNIA and his commitment to pan-africanism and the advancement of colored people, which was highly frowned upon during that time. When he was 13 years old, his mother was admitted into a mental health facility after suffering a nervous breakdown. Consequently, Malcolm and his 10 siblings were separated and sent to various foster homes.

Who is Malcolm X? Answers tend to vary by person but in the “Autobiography of Malcolm X”, it really delved into the pivotal details of his life and readers like myself, went on an enthralling metaphorical journey to see the intriguing development of him as a child, a young adult, a convict, a follower, and ultimately a leader. For starters, Malcolm X was not born with the infamous and famous X. His birth name was Malcolm Little and the innocent Malcolm Little was very belittled (pun intended) in majority of his social environments. At a young age, he experiences the pain of losing his father. In retrospect, his father was just a dust in the wind. Malcolm’s dad was like many other socially active black males, who became inevitable victims that usually were murdered, lynched, burned, etc by the white men in their area. Now, to lose one parent is already tough for many individuals but Malcolm was only to be hammered with more bad news. His mother was sent away by government workers to a mental institution because his house was deemed “unstable” (this kind of stuff happened daily to many black families in similar housing situations like Malcolm was in). But Malcolm directed his energy elsewhere. He ends up taking initiative in school and whilst excelling, he ended up loving many aspects of education in America (or so he thought). He climbed his way to become first in rank in his class and even became class president but his dreams was simply crushed by many individuals. One of

Many African American families went through alot in the early days and the little family was no exception. Malcolm little was born on May 19, 1925, to Rev. Earl Little and Louise little. Malcolm would spend most of his childhood years in Lansing, Michigan. His father, Reverend Earl little, was a Baptist minister, who was a dedicated organizer for Marcus Garvey’s U.N.I.A (Univeral Negro Improvement Association). He believed that negroes should return to their ancestral homeland Africa because freedom, indepedence, or self respect could not be achieved in America. I believe the master student trait of willing to take risks was a

Malcolm X on the micro level involves interactions with many individuals throughout his life. From his parents and siblings to girlfriends and his wife, and even those he met in prison and after prison, they all played significant roles in Malcolm’s

Malcolm Little commonly known as Malcolm X was born in Omaha Nebraska. Malcolm’s trouble has started before then even while he was in the womb of his mother. Clansman would often circle his house in search of his father who was a preacher who talked about the evils of the clansmen and wished for a day when African Americans will return to the ancestral homelands in Africa. In chapter 1 of the Malcolm X book I will describe his childhood has rough he seen his father killed been relocated to 4 or 5 different houses and at the end of it all his mother was killed. Malcolm little commonly known as Malcolm X have been through a lot in his upbringing. He was separated from his seven siblings and put into foster care Change would be one word to describe his childhood as he was in and out of schools and by the age of 13 he was in a reform school. The book takes a major shift when he heads out to Boston with his sister Ella. From here he tours the town and find other African Americans who are just like him. One in particular by the name of shorty becomes one of his closest friends. He introduces them to the locals and takes Malcolm under his wing. One thing in particular that Malcolm falls in love with is the Roseland Ballroom. With the help of shorty he gets a job as a shoe polisher. While doing this he falls in love with a new dance called the Lindy Hop. This ultimately leads to him quitting from shoe polishing in a short time because he cannot do both. However he only works there

    In grade school, Malcolm’s life was far from a childhood of fun and learning. He was the only African American child in his class, causing him to feel out of place and alone. When asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, a common question that most children reply with astronaut or superhero, he replied simply, a lawyer. This is a realistic and attainable occupation, yet his white teacher seemed to believe it was an absurd answer considering Malcolm’s race. The teacher then replied that maybe he should dream of becoming a carpenter instead. In 1931, his father’s body was discovered lying across streetcar tracks. Although Malcolm X 's family believed his father was murdered by white supremacists from whom he had received frequent death threats, the police officially ruled Earl Little 's

Growing up in Lansing, Malcolm was exposed to the negative parts of the city. He even predicted his own death to happen due to violence since most of his family was victims of violence. In Lansing, hardly any black man died from natural causes. In chapter one of the book, Malcolm stated that his father, Earl Little, “had seen four of his six brothers die by violence, three of them killed by white men, including one by lynching.” When Malcolm’s mother found out that Malcolm’s father was murdered, she had a mental breakdown. For several months, she had been doing things out of the ordinary and Malcolm began to worry about her. She eventually was sent to the mental illness home where she spent the rest of her life. All of the children were separated and this gave Malcolm the perception that now his family has been a victim to society. In the summer of 1940, Malcolm spends the entire summer with his sister Ella who had been living in the city of Boston. Seeing how much better life was for the

Malcolm Little was a little boy living in Omaha Nebraska when known white surpremistis groups braided him and his family they had even gone so far as to attack his family home burining it to the ground, his family had tried to call for help and at the time both the fire department and the police refused to go because of raceisim this made his family move to another home and after a little time his father had “reportedly commited suicide” and with his fathers murder classified as a suicide he could not collect the health insurance that he had left for his family, now at this time his mother just couldn’t hold herself in and later was declared mentily insane

Throughout our lives there has been many stories on the great Malcolm X. Some people might have a bad perception of him seeing from his pass and also his actions. Malcolm Little known to the world as Malcolm X was one of the most powder leaders during the civil rights movement. Through his lifetime, he's been through trial and tribulations with his father dying and his mom being put in a mental hospital. These trails that he went through as a young child made him have to grow up fast. Each name he went from through the book “ The Autobiography of. Malcolm X” which were Malcolm Little, Detroit Red , Malcolm X , and el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. Each name that he went from seeming as if he had to go through obstacles that were life lessons. Somehow,

Being an orphan is one of the most difficult things a child can go through. Malcolm X lost his father to a suspicious death in 1931 when his body was found laying across the town’s trolley tracks. Police ruled it an accident but Malcolm and his family knew it was from the Black Legion. Losing your father is always hard, especially on boys because they no longer have a person to guide them to be a genuine man. Two years later X’s mother was enrolled into an insane asylum after having and emotional breakdown over her husband’s death. Shortly after, Malcolm and his siblings were placed in to varies different orphanages. When old enough, Malcolm returned to Boston and started to commit crime. He eventually was convicted of burglary and sentenced to ten years in prison, but what X

Malcolm Little’s (also known as Malcolm X) family experienced a lot of trouble before he was even born. It all started when the Ku Klux Klan arrived at their house because his father Earl Little was supporting Marcus Garvey, who was an passionate Black Nationalist leader. On May 19,1925 Malcolm was born into a family of eight. Malcolm's father's work is the main cause for the death threats they received, this is what caused them to move two times before Malcolm was four years old. Unfortunately the trouble traveled with them, in 1929, the Littles house was completely burned down in Lansing, Michigan. The family assumed it was the Black Legion which is a group that originated in the midwestern United States and consisted of white supremacists.

He was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19, 1925. The seventh child of Earl, a Baptist minister, "who was an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, the Black Nationalist leader"("Malcolm X "), and Louise Little, he grew up in a world of racism and poverty. Early in his childhood, the KuKluxKlan, attacked his home, shattering all the windows. After moving to Michigan, his family was attacked again by another racist group known as the Black Legion, who burned his family’s house to the ground. In 1931 when he was 6 years old, his father was murdered, perhaps by the same group. The early 1930’s was the worst period of the Great Depression in America. Malcolm’s family sank deep into poverty. His mother, upset over her family’s condition and the loss of her husband, became mentally ill and was confined to a state mental hospital for about 26 years. His family was broken up in 1937, over the next few years he lived with several foster families. After completing the eighth grade, he moved to Boston in 1941 to live with his aunt. He never went back to school.

Despite his dismal upbringing, Malcolm was able to graduate from his junior high school at the top of his class. He was aspiring to become a lawyer, but after one of his teachers told him that trying to be one was, "no realistic goal for a nigger", he decided that school was not for him and moved to Boston for awhile and made a living working a number of jobs, none of which were permanent. Eventually he would find himself working as a waiter at a restaurant called Small's Paradise in Harlem, New York. It was at this time that Malcolm Little began using and then selling drugs and even committing burglary. In 1946 he would be arrested for burglary and sentenced to ten years in prison. It was during his stay at the Charlestown, Mass. Prison that he would make maybe the most significant change of his life. Malcolm would begin studying the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of a small cult-like Islamic group that called themselves the Nation of Islam, he also began to study the Koran (the Islamic holy book). It was during these long years in prison that Malcolm was able to educate himself fully and came to the conclusion that he wanted to join Elijah and the Nation of Islam and fight for equality between blacks and whites.