... again. The second time Malcolm and Laura go dancing, they compete in the dance-off, winning over the crowd and even the bandleader, the famous Duke Ellington. Malcolm also attracts the attention of a white woman, Sophia, whom he dances with. Malcolm takes Laura home and then returns to the Ballroom, where he leaves with Sophia in her convertible. Malcolm soon dumps Laura, and Sophia becomes his lover. Sophia has white boyfriends in ... addition to Malcolm, but Malcolm puts up with her philandering for the ... ...

• Word Count: 1716
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... looking so hard that he fell into the wrong crowd. Malcolm bumped into a man named Archie who was a big time thief. Archie ran a numbers system in the streets and he convinced Malcolm to join him. Malcolm became a scoundrel with an evil demeanor. Malcolm's business partner, was a white woman by the name of Sophia. They were on drugs and even robbed a house. Because of their antics, the law ... was on their trail! . They eventually caught and sent to prison. Malcolm was sentenced to 8 years in prison while Sophia was only sentenced to 2 years ... because she was white. This relates to t...

• Word Count: 891
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... he should think of something more realistic. Also, when he and Shorty where caught committing robberies with Sophia and her sister, they were sentenced to much longer sentences just because they had been suspected of also taking advantage of these white girls, which was very taboo. Malcolm and most of his friends, in their early days, were very deviant characters, doing all kinds of bad ... things. Also, when Malcolm was getting ready to commit the first robbery ... with Shorty, Sophia and her sister, he put one bullet in a gun and played Russian roulette. He did this to make sure that...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... of money. A career as a hustler seemed a more tempting option. He saw the hustlers around and saw their clothes, women, and money. Soon Malcolm Little started selling drugs. He slipped into the role of a black hustler. He met a white girl named Sophia who quickly became his girlfriend. Having a white girl and being a very good dancer, he soon was a notorious young man with crazy clothes, lots of ... money, and a haircut made to resemble the hair of the white people. As an adult he ... stated that he was very ashamed of his young life. Roxbury proved to be too small for Malcolm, and in ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... of money. A career as a hustler seemed a more tempting option. He saw the hustlers around and saw their clothes, women, and money. Soon Malcolm Little started selling drugs. He slipped into the role of a black hustler. He met a white girl named Sophia who quickly became his girlfriend. Having a white girl and being a very good dancer, he soon was a notorious young man with crazy clothes, lots of ... money, and a haircut made to resemble the hair of the white people. As an adult he ... stated that he was very ashamed of his young life. Roxbury proved to be too small for Malcolm, and in ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... at the hands of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan. Two years later his father, a Georgia Baptist minister who stressed black nationalism and pride, was murdered, and Malcolm's mother was subsequently placed in a psychiatry. Malcolm spent the following years in detention homes, and in his early teens he moved to Boston to live with his sister. He was the only black pupil in his school ... Foxx. Malcolm's nickname on the street was "Detroit Red" because of his reddish hair and his light complexion (his grandmother had been raped by a white man). Drugs became the centre of his life. When ...

• Word Count: 3965
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School