Malcolm X

Name: Brandon Kuck Period: 1 10th Grade Research Project Outline Format-2012-13 I. Introduction Paragraph A. Hook Sentence: Malcolm X was one of the fierce black leaders that gave equal rights to their race B. Anecdote or Example C. Background Information: ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ D. Thesis Statement: ____________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________

II. Early Years Malcolm Little (later to become El-Hajj-- Malik-El-Shabazz), Malcolm X's earlier life and school experiences are essential to understanding how and why he targeted his social and political vision toward the resurrection of Black people in the United States. B. Supporting Detail: The murder of his father, a follower of Marcus Garvey, the confining of his mother to a mental hospital, and the eventual break-up of his family by social service agents, drastically impacted Malcolm's distrust of white people.

These feelings were cemented by his earlier schooling experiences, where his classmates, and the White junior high school English teacher that he referred to in his Autobiography as Mr. Ostrowski, repeatedly called him a "nigger." Malcolm notes that disparaging comments such as these "rolled off' his back because he was so used to them and never gave serious thought to the vileness of the comments

D. Supporting Detail: Although elected class president, and one of the top students in his junior high class, when Malcolm expressed to Mr. Ostrowski his ambitions of becoming a lawyer, he was informed that such an aspiration was unrealistic for a Negro. This encounter was a turning point in Malcolm's life and profoundly shaped his misanthropic demeanor toward formal education. Feeling dejected and having lost total interest in school, Malcolm dropped out of school and later moved to Boston to live with his sister, Ella. E. Sources: Malcolm X's critique of the education of Black people." Western Journal of Black Studies 2(2001):126. eLibrary. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.
Malcolm X A life of Reinvention

III. Formative Years A. Topic Sentence: The formative years of Malcolm's life helped shape him into a successful politician.

B. Supporting Detail:
Malcolm had moved with his sister Ella in Boston and later relocated to Harlem. However, Harlem is also where Malcolm began to "hustle" and burglarize for a livelihood. He eventually fell into a life of crime, which was short-lived when he was eventually caught and sentenced in February 1946 to ten years to the Charleston State Prison

C. Supporting Detail: Malcolm served a total of seven years in prison; part of his term was served in the Charleston State Prison in Massachusetts, and the other in the Norfolk Prison Colony.

D. Supporting Detail: This sentence is when he learned to read, met his friend and mentor Bimbi and joined the nation of Islam. E. Sources:Malcolm X's critique of the education of Black people." Western Journal of Black Studies 2(2001):126. eLibrary. Web. 06 Dec. 2012.

IV. First Major Achievement/Invention: A. Topic Sentence: The radical views of Malcolm X on the segregation of schools rallied crowds to demand reform

B. Supporting Detail: Contemporary examples of Malcolm's legacy in public education include the work by the Council for Independent Black Institutions (CIBI), an association of non-governmental schools in the United States. Independently owned and controlled by people of African descent, many of these schools reinforce African and African American history and culture through all facets of the school's curriculum. They closely resemble Malcolm's vision for Black education-which noted earlier, was part of the educational platform of the OAAU.