Malcolm X's Childhood

Malcolm Little had a very hard childhood. His father died at a young age, and as a result, his mother was taken away from the only things she had left, her eight children. Malcolm went to live with many families, but he liked living with his half-sister Ella the most. Once he got to Boston though, he became a “homeboy”. Shorty became a very big influence on Malcolm’s life during this time. Malcolm also took a job as a shoeshine boy in one of the clubs, where his life of drug addiction and crime begins. He also begins to have a relationship with Laura, but soon breaks up with her to go out with a while girl, Sophia. All of these unfortunate happenings would drive any other man crazy, but this isn’t an ordinary man. This is a man who became a revolutionary hero during his time.
If Malcolm didn’t have Shorty by his side, he probably would have just gone back to Ella’s house on the hill, and forgotten all about the “ghetto”. However when Shorty helped Malcolm get a job, an...