The Life and Death of Malcolm Little “Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.” Around the year Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925, the Great Migration was taking place. This affected his family's life, and the future lives of his children. The Great Migration was a progression of over 6 million African Americans living in the rural South relocating to the North due to poor economy and harsh segregation laws. Big cities like Chicago and New York were overflowing, and migrants competed for jobs living space. With all struggle comes greatness. African American’s build themselves a place in society which created an entirely new urban culture that would influence the young …show more content…
However, was fired once her employers has discovered she was not only widow of Earl Little, but black. Malcolm showed emotional scars after his father’s death, becoming quite the troublemaker at school; picking fights with students, stealing from local shops, and clashing with teachers. The stress became too overwhelming, and pushed Louise to the point where she suffered a mental break down. She was then taken to Kalamazoo Psychiatric Hospital, and then declared insane. Malcolm and his siblings had been transferred to separate foster homes, while he continued acting out in school, and soon sent to a detention home. He took a liking to the new family, despite their common use of racist language. They arranged Malcolm to go to an all white middle school, Mason Junior High. He was very involved at his new school and made close friends with classmates. Although, teachers and students continued to call him insulting names. Malcolm hadn’t realized until years after he has been brainwashed by society that his behavior was acceptable. Malcolm tried his hardest to ignore his black heritage, and conform to white standards. Around the end of seventh grade, Malcolm’s half sister, Ella, visited the Littles. She quickly a huge impact on Malcolm, by being proud of her African american