Malcolm X
...Malcolm X, spoke on behalf of African Americans in the United States that believed in separation of blacks and whites. He devoted his entire life in attempt to give black people the rights they deserved.
Malcolm X was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska the son of a black man named Earl Little who was a radical Baptist preacher, a supporter of Marcus Garvey, and a member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. It was a movement for people of African ancestry to retake Africa, and for the European colonial powers to leave it. Even though Malcolm loved his father, his earlier years seemed to not be influenced by his father’s beliefs. His father was killed when he was just 6 years old. He was hit on the head then thrown onto rail tracks to be cut in half, the police found it to be suicide rather than murder. Because it was suicide, his life insurance policy would not cover it. It was not uncommon for African Americans to be subject to unfair treatment by white police officers during the civil rights movement.
Malcolm had lost many friends and family members to white racists. He had five uncles, four of which were killed by white men. One of his uncles was lynched, a common procedure by the KKK in attempt to make an example of an African American to other African Americans. This began to generate Malcolm’s hate for the white man, but he stayed very affiliated with them the rest of his childhood. After his father’s death, Malcolm’s mother was sent to an insane asylum, so he was sent to live with a white family. He grew up living his life acting like a white boy rather than a black boy of his time. He attempted to fit in, but he could never gain complete acceptance by the whites kids. He later stated December of 1964 at a speech “I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who...
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