Malcolm X

Introduction

Malcolm X is probably with Marcus Garvey and Martin Luther King, the black leader's most important contemporary history. Malcolm did not only have undeniable talent as an orator, but he also had a true vision of the world around him, plus he was never content with rhetoric, and always took action, and worked for its community like Nat Turner and John Brown and other blacks who, a few decades earlier had helped slaves escape from their plantation (Louis 270). At every period of his life Malcolm was sincere in everything he undertook which did not prevent complete change of direction in his ideas and his behavior when he discovered Islam or after his pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.

Discussion

Malcolm Little, later known under the name Malcolm X, was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha, his father Earl was pastor of the Baptist Church and militant of the Universal Negro Improvement Association founded by Marcus Garvey (pastor of origin Jamaican who advocated the return of American blacks to Africa) His mother Louise was of Caribbean origin and had very white skin because her mother had been raped by a white man she hated her kept white (Louis 344). Malcolm was the fourth child born to the couple but the seventh of his father who had three children from a previous marriage.

The young Malcolm was sent to friends of the family, and finally at 13, landed in a house of detention where they sent the "bad boys" in Michigan, this center being only one step towards the house recovery

Malcolm as a teenager was devoured by a terrible sense of injustice. He wandered through the maze of a moving life, which gave birth to a unique determinism. After a stint with a white foster family, the teenager landed in a detention home in Mason, led by a couple of notable white Michigan: the Swerling. Thanks to Ms. Swerling, Malcolm was enrolled in a school in Mason, thus escaping the reformatory. Recalling his stay with the couple Swerling, Malcolm wrote: "Before me, they talked about everything and nothing, as they say anything to her canary. They even spoke to me, or niggers, as if I was not there, like I did not understand the meaning of the word. But it was not out of malice ... they do them never occurred to me that I could understand that I was not a dog, but a human being. "

In high school Mason White, Malcolm quickly distinguished himself by brilliant results, particularly in literature and history. His English teacher who was particularly fond of, one day asked Malcolm (during a conversation after class); on the profession he wanted to exercise later. Malcolm said "lawyer" with the naiveté of a teenager who dreams and ambition had no color. Professor Ostrowski then asked the young student to be more realistic and advised him to move towards a manual trade more in line with its "status of black(Magnus 216)."It was then that Malcolm knew that his black skin would determine his future career more than his good academic results. He decided to leave high school without regret to ...