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Malcolm X

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......


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