Malcolm Little or Malcolm X as most people know him by, was born on May 19, 1925. He was a foster child after he lost his father and his mother was sent to a mental hospital. When he was only in the eighth grade, he wanted to be a lawyer and his teacher told him that he was better of becoming a carpenter because he was black and that he should use his hands. When Malcolm became of age, he dropped his last name …show more content…
He wanted all blacks to have the same exact rights as the whites. Malcolm did not want anyone to be treated differently or to be disrespected just because of their skin color. He even said himself ‘ I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.”
Malcolm was a man who wanted change for not only his community but in the world. I believe that he had done everything that he could possibly do to make a change and if he would have lived a little longer he would have kept fighting for our equal rights. In my opinion Malcom X was a good person and I’m probably not he only person who thinks so. All of this lead up to Malcolm and other Civil Rights Activist ending segregation.
Malcolm X played a huge part in helping end segregation. Almost every single day he brought some type of recognition to all of the corruption that the African-Americans had to go through. It’s good to know that back then during this time period , we actually had people who were brave enough to fight for our equal rights and trying to end segregation and Malcolm was one of those