Malcom X

The year was 1925, and someone special was born. His birth name was Malcolm Little, however there were big things in store for this child. Born in Omaha, Nebraska. The seventh of eleven children born to Earl Little, an organizer for Marcus Garvey’s “back-to-Africa” movement (Compton’s encyclopedia online). Malcom's father was a big six foot four inch, very black man, with one good eye. His father was also a baptist preacher, who went on trips all over preaching the word. His mother was a half black woman, and was ashamed cause her dad was white, and she never met him, but she hated him. She also was very educated, and stayed in school. At age six Malcolm’s father was murdered. As a result the family lived off welfare and, his mother later suffered a nervous breakdown, and the family was separated by the welfare agencies (Compton’s encyclopedia online). Later in life he would blame these same agencies for destroying his family. He was bounced around from boardinghouses and ...