Malcolm Little's Struggle
Malcolm Little (his birth name) had a rough start in the world, but he never let that stop him from achieving his goal to make a difference. Growing up Malcolm’s mother Louise was caucasian and his father Earl was african american, so that was quite an awakening mix to some community members. Earl Little was a baptist minister and a supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Malcolm’s father had many threats towards him and his family which caused the to relocate a numerous amount of times. After their final relocating Malcolm’s Michigan house was burned to the ground by a group the Black Legion members. Two years after the house fire they had found Malcolm’s father’s body lying by the town’s train tracks. The police ruled the murder
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Louise, Malcolm’s mother faced several mental breakdowns several years within the death of Earl, which later caused her to be admitted to a mental hospital, which also separated the children she had and they were sent away to separate foster homes. Malcolm had been kicked out of school and had gone to a home that was for troubled boys and which he was the only african american boy there. Malcolm was a very well educated student, and he wanted to become great things but he was once told by a teacher “One of life's first needs is for us to be realistic. . .you need to think of something you can be. . .why don't you plan on carpentry?"("Malcolm X." biography.com), when Malcolm said he wanted to be a lawyer. After that he had dropped out of school and moved to Boston with his older half sisters Ella. After moving he started to fall down with the criminal and drug side of things he was living a very exotic life. He later then got caught and was in trouble with the system and was sentence to some prison time. Nobody should be judged on the past of what has happened because people change and you can not base people on what has happened if they are a complete different person. Malcolm said "I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority”(Malcolm X). He believed that no one had a right to hold what had happened in the past against
Louise, Malcolm’s mother faced several mental breakdowns several years within the death of Earl, which later caused her to be admitted to a mental hospital, which also separated the children she had and they were sent away to separate foster homes. Malcolm had been kicked out of school and had gone to a home that was for troubled boys and which he was the only african american boy there. Malcolm was a very well educated student, and he wanted to become great things but he was once told by a teacher “One of life's first needs is for us to be realistic. . .you need to think of something you can be. . .why don't you plan on carpentry?"("Malcolm X." biography.com), when Malcolm said he wanted to be a lawyer. After that he had dropped out of school and moved to Boston with his older half sisters Ella. After moving he started to fall down with the criminal and drug side of things he was living a very exotic life. He later then got caught and was in trouble with the system and was sentence to some prison time. Nobody should be judged on the past of what has happened because people change and you can not base people on what has happened if they are a complete different person. Malcolm said "I believe in human rights for everyone, and none of us is qualified to judge each other and that none of us should therefore have that authority”(Malcolm X). He believed that no one had a right to hold what had happened in the past against