Malcolm X

A detailed Summary of Malcolm X

Malcom X, born Malcom Little, embodied the heart and soul of African people, not only in America but also all around the world. He articulated the hurt and pain they suffered during that trying time. Malcom proved that your life doesn't have to start out perfect to become a good man. He proved that one should not judge another by the color of his skin but by his character.

Malcom's earliest memory came when he was four years old. He was awakened the middle of the night because his house had caught on fire. His father, Earl Little, claimed two white men started the fire and he had chased them off with his gun. But the police said Earl himself had done it because he recently lost a battle in court to keep the house. They said he did it out of revenge but no charges were made for lack of evidence (Stine, 4).

His father favored Malcom and though he beat his wife and other children Earl didn't beat him. Malcom was the only one his father took to his U.N.I.A. meetings. When Malcom's mother tried to punish him he'd scream so loudly she would stop of embarrassment. Malcom later said, "I learned early that crying out in protest could accomplish things" (Haley, 11)

One day Malcom came home from school to find his parent's ar

In 1945 after avoiding the draft Malcom went back to Boston and met up with Sophia and a few friends and began burglarizing private homes. Sophia and two of her girlfriends knew many wealthy people in Boston so they pointed out the houses for Malcom and a friend Malcom Jarvis to rob. They kept robbing for several weeks until Malcom made a mistake. He took a stolen watch in to get repaired but the clerk recognized the watch and called the police. He was arrested and at the station he confessed his crimes and named his accomplices including Sophia. The girls claimed to have been forced to help and got one to five years in jail but the men got a harsher sentence. Malcom got ten years hard labor and Malcom Jarvis got eight to ten years (Stine, 29)

Malcom began getting death threats from the Nation and one of his friends was ordered to wire Malcom's car to explode but he told Malcom instead. He decided to start his own organization but first he decided to make the hajj to Mecca. He came away from the trip with a sense of the brotherhood between all people of color in the world. He returned to New York in May of 1964 after being away for six weeks. He began calling himself El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and said he now thought of whites as human beings (Stine, 88).

Elijah tried to take back Malcom's house that the Nation had given him and won in court. It was strangely similar to what happened to his father because the night before he was to be in court again his house was on fire once again. Malcom blamed black Muslims but the police suggested that Malcom had done it for revenge. They never had a chance to arrest him (Stine, 90).

Malcom was a new man; he was more open and enlightened. Malcom X was shoot because they feared his power and what he might do. Malcom X was a man. Malcom X was thirty-nine.

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