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Malcom X Autobiography Review
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Malcom X Autobiography Review
Introduction
Some public figures remain in the history of nations because of their efforts towards
enhancing change in a particular area. Malcolm X, together with other legendaries such as
Martin Luther King Jr, Marcus Garvey, are great examples of individuals who left a mark and
changed their way of living. Initially, the United States was full of differences due to diverse
political interests, cultural diversity, race, and religion. Malcolm X established civil rights
movements that were fighting against discrimination of the Muslims in America. This paper
presents a clear review of Malcolm's autobiography based on various events and themes. This
paper will document Malcolm's three significant passages, including; his childhood, crime, and
politics.
1. CHILDHOOD
The early life of Malcom X
Haley, (2002), notes that Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925, and was referred to
as Little Malcolm. His dad, Rev. Earl Little, was a Baptist preacher who helped spread the
teachings of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) founder, Marcus Garvey.
The seventh of eight children was Malcolm, and Louise, his mother, was struggling to provide
for them all. Louise was born in West India, a result of a white master’s abuse from her mother,
meaning that her skin was fair and that she had been mistaken often for a white woman. Louise
was a white woman. Malcolm was born with bright, reddish hair, the lightest of his parents.
Malcolm felt that in his appearance, it was this difference which led his mother to treat him
harder than her other children. Through her mind, he recalled the rapist through her family's

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history, alive and breathable. His father supported Malcolm, taking him frequently to UNIA
sessions, possibly because of this very difference. His father's efforts in the Black community to
build a sense of dignity and belonging contributed, however, to a tragic end. One of the earliest
remembrances of Malcolm was when they lived in Michigan in Lansing.
In a midnight panic, he woke up: The Black Legion, white supremacist organization,
shot the house of Littles, but luckily, the family escaped without any harm. This got worse,
predictably. His father was murdered when Malcolm was just six years old. The police called his
death an accident despite being severely battered and beaten. Louise then struggled as a single
mother for maintaining the home. She's been proud, and she didn't want government support, but
she had to eventually. It included working with child protection workers whose work against
Louise was particularly cruel. Louise was only defeated when Malcolm was 12, and she sent
them all to live in different families in a state psychiatric institution (Haley, 2002).
Malcom’s schooling
Malcolm had no simple school experience, and after catching one of his teachers at
the age of 13, he had trouble. He put a patch on his teacher's chair because they didn't look after
him after he'd been scolded for wearing a hat in class. This expelled Malcolm and sent him to a
house of detention. The people who ran the house were well with him, but they blatantly talked
to him with the word "nigger" that he couldn't comprehend. This was the first time that Malcolm
lived with white society, and he began to see that they were used to treating blacks like they did
not have the same intelligence or sensitivity as whites (Haley, 2002). A year later, Malcolm
entered junior high, with this form of treatment continuing. He was one of only a few black
school students and did everything he could to work alongside his fellow white classmates. In the
presence of white women, he joined the basketball team but was not invited to dance at the post-

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game parties. Malcolm was also elected president of the class that year, but he was more likely to
believe his peers treat him as a mascot and not the same on...