done research on Malcolm X for a class in college, and I wanted to find out about his

teacher. I have found, in the process of this of this research, some startling information

that I definitely had not expected. As you read this report, I hope you see what I mean.

Elijah Poole was born in Sandersburg, Georgia on Oct. 7, 1897, to William and

Mariah Poole, who had 12 other children. His parents were former slaves, and he had to

quit school after third grade in order to earn enough money as a share cropper to help

support his family. Just before the 1920s he married Clara Evans, with whom he fathered

eight children. In 1923 he moved his family from Macon, Geo

released at the end of the war, and found a likeness of himself in Malcolm X, one of the

His formal education ended in in 1906 when he was 9 years old. He was forced to

recognized throughout the Muslim world as the greatest prophet of Allah who had ever

evading the draft. The draft called for all males between the ages of 18 and 44 to join, and

quit school because his family needed more support. However, this did not stop him from

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