All men are created equal. This statement was the basis of the civil right
movements of the 1960's. Malcolm
X is a man that promoted a society in which all human beings were equally
respected. He believes that blacks should achieve that goal by any means necessary. In a time when blacks were
not allowed to sit in the front of the bus, using the same bathroom, or were not admitted to Universities. Malcolm
X's cry of justice was believed to be the voice of all blacks behind closed doors. Malcolm
Little grew up as poor
and did not have much parental support. His father was run over by a street car when he was six. Soon after his
father's death, his mother was put in a mental hospital. He grew up in East Lansing and Boston. He was a pimp, a
hustler, drug user, and a drug dealer. He worked in the Harlem underworld and was almost killed by his boss
after he betrayed him. Malcolm
turned to robbery and was caught by the police and......
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