One night, when Louise Little is pregnant with Malcolm, armed Ku Klux circle the home of Earl Little and his family. The Klansmen order Earl to come out, but he is away, preaching. Malcolm's mother tells them so, and the Klansmen leave ... family into leaving Omaha. They move first to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then to Lansing, Michigan, where Malcolm grows up. The first chapter provides basic information about the Little family. Malcolm's mother was born in Grenada, in the British West Indies, and is twenty-eight when Malcolm is born on May 19, 1925. She already has ... fourth of eight child...

• Word Count: 848
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

On May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Louise Little gave birth to a son, Malcom. Both she and Malcom's father, a Baptist preacher named Earl, were members of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement. Including Malcom, there were eight children in the Little family. When Malcolm was an infant, his family was forced to move to Lansing, Michigan after being driven from Omaha by the Ku Klux ... Klan. Once in Lansing, their house was burned down by a white hate group called the Black Legionnaires. Earl Little died when Malcolm was six years old. After his father died, Malcom's mother had a mental...

• Word Count: 502
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

On May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Louise Little gave birth to a son, Malcom. Both she and Malcom's father, a Baptist preacher named Earl, were members of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement. Including Malcom, there were eight children in the Little family. When Malcolm was an infant, his family was forced to move to Lansing, Michigan after being driven from Omaha by the Ku Klux ... Klan. Once in Lansing, their house was burned down by a white hate group called the Black Legionnaires. Earl Little died when Malcolm was six years old. After his father died, Malcom's mother had a mental...

• Word Count: 502
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School