Malcolm
X was a man known widely for his strong beliefs. His willingness to accept the preaching of Elijah Muhammad and serve him loyaly, was due to his past experiences with the white man. Starting off as a boy in Lansing, next moving to Boston, then living in Harlem, his experinces with various white people shaped his belief system. Towards the end of his life, his interaction with group of very different white people on his pilgrimage brought about a change in his beliefs
While Malcolm
X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, most of the important events in his younger years took place after his family moved to Lansing, Michigan. This move occurred after a group of whites burned down their house while 'the white police and firemen came and stood around watching as the house burned to the ground' (p. 3), and were more interested in about the pistol Malcolm
's father used to shoot at the fleeing arsons. In Lansing, Malcolm
's father preaches the teachings of Marcus Garvey and his......
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