To understand Malcolm’s views, to comprehend his feelings against the oppressive acts of white people, one must take a look at his past, his life story and his struggles. Malcolm Little was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents, reverend Earl Little, who was a Baptist minis

Malcolm X truly was the greatest Afro-American political activist in the 1960’s. It seemed that every major event in Malcolm’s life brought him into conflict with the society that thrived on the oppression of his people. It was his racism and oppression by white America that convinced Malcolm X of the necessity of Black Nationalism as the vehicle for black liberation, as opposed to ‘integration,’ while he was in Black Muslim movement. Although through Black Nationalism, while he was in the Muslim organization, was narrow and sectarian; this did not prevent him from playing a tremendously important role in the evolution of the black freedom struggle. The influence of Malcolm X on the political consciousness of black Americans has had its greatest growth since his death. His statement, “Freedom by any means necessary,” has both been used and seemed to be abused by young black militants that felt that violence was the only means to achieve total freedom. His message was cloudy in the beginning however, it became clearer after his conversion. Malcolm X’s dream of a world that was racism free and allowed people to walk hand in hand was deferred by his assassination. His memory will continue to live on, in the hearts and the minds of the influenced. Malcolm X was one man that not only fought for civil rights but he was also able to set an example of how someone could change for the better and try to make a difference. He is truly a legend that will never die in history.

ter and an organizer for Marcus Garvey’s United Negro Improvement Association, with his wife Louise Little both believed and worked towards the unity and rights of the black people in their communities. Growing up in Lansing, Michigan, Malcolm knew before he could explain it to others that he was living in a society that engaged in the systematic destruction of his people’s self-respect. Malcolm first observed hatred when he was four years old and saw his house get burned down in the hands of a white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan. This incident was initially the event that opened Malcolm’s eyes to the massive hatred towards the black race. Two years later Malcolm X’s father was killed while he was fighting against having a restricted place that was assigned to his people in this country. However, Malcolm’s family was told by the authorities that their father had committed suicide, but most people knew, including the Little family, that it was an act of violence against the reverend’s determination to obtain civil rights for the black community, which they felt they were entitled to. This ordeal of losing his father was too much for his mother to handle and she was taken and placed in a mental institution. This tragic milestone broke up his family and for a number of years Malcolm lived in state institutions and boarding homes. When he finally went to school he made good marks, but lost interest. Malcolm dropped out of school at the age of 15 and moved to Boston with his half sister Ella. While in Boston, Malcolm got a job as a dishwasher hoping that he would be able to save enough money to go to New York. Once in New York he resorted to the underworld where he became a hustler, pi

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