Malcolm X
Malcolm X, an important black leader of the 1950¡¯s and 1960¡¯s, was famous for his activity as a strong defender of Black equality and his aggressive speeches during the civil rights movement. His tireless struggle against discrimination awakened millions of African Americans. Malcolm X¡¯s life embodied many American traditional values, such as independence and determination, pursuit of equality and freedom, and hard work.
Malcolm X, whose original name was Malcolm Little, was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. Both of his parents served as members of a black organization. Malcolm¡¯s strong opinion of violence, such as blacks should be armed to fight with whites, was shaped by the family environment. He saw their house burned down at the hands of the racialist Ku Klux Klan. When he was only six, his father died in a traffic accident, but he believed that whites murdered his father (Lettieri 284-285). Soon after his father¡¯s death, his mother could......
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