Malcolm little was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Louise and Earl Little. In 1929 their house was firebombed by racists while the whole Little family was in the house. It was night and all of them were sleeping. Probably these racists were Ku-Klux-Klan members. The incoming police and firemen didn't even try to save the house and all of them watched the house burning down. After all that the police arrested Earl Little on suspicion of arson and for carrying a revolver without permit. Earl and Louise Little were followers of Marcus Garvey. He fought for racial separation and more power for blacks. Therefore he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest black movement to date.

Along with positive messages, there were also negative ones. "Just three days before his death, he confessed to a reporter, ' I'm man enough to tell you that I can't put my finger on exactly what my philosophy is now'" (Frady 3). "Malcolm's view seemed a vision of humankind's nature reduced to the basest, most minimal terms of anger and retribution for abuse" (Frady 1). "It's doubtful whether Malcolm would have come so quickly to the attention of the white public were it not for the fiery message of 'violence' he preached" (Margolies 165). "Malcolm and the Muslims believed that to integrate would destroy the black race" (Davies 71). Unfortunately, whites that were willing to help blacks were not wanted by Malcolm X. "He encouraged whites to form groups to work among other whites to combat prejudice" (DEbony 82). "Malcolm felt that if the government was not able or willing to protect African Americans, they should take up arms and protect themselves" (Davies 103). "Malcolm saw integration as the white man's way of rewarding a few black men in return for the peace-keeping and status-quo-preserving services of the integrated blacks" (Ebony 81). "Malcolm's message of separation from whites was very disturbing to black leaders from the broad middle class, who were in the forefront of the civil rights movement" (Myers 106). "Martin Luther King said that civil rights activists would be victorious through their ability to suffer. In Malcolm's opinion, black people suffered long enough" (Boese 4). Because of difference of opinion, there was a difficult relationship existing between Malcolm and Martin. The irony is that Malcolm was killed just as he began to move away from his original, more negative views.

In prison he learned of the Islamic religion and studied the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm was released from prison in 1952. "He never forgave society for what had happened to him" (Frady 3). "Malcolm was formally accepted into the nation of Islam and received his 'X'" (Davies 56). "The 'X' replaced Little, the name his white slave masters had given his ancestors" (Davies 56). "Malcolm later became suspicious when he discovered Muhammad having children with several black women who he didn't take care of" (Boese 4).

Bone, Robert. "Up From Thuggery: September 11, 1966: The Autobiography of

Frady, Marshall. "The Children of Malcolm." The New Yorker 10 Oct. 1992: 64-81.

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