... Autobiography of Malcolm X" made him an ideological hero, especially among black youth. go to top Malcolm's youth Growing up in Lansing, Michigan, Malcolm saw his house burned down 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 ... 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. Although very gifted and popular he was aware of be...

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