Malcolm X

Callaghan 1 Kevin Callaghan Brother Jude Theology II-6 10 April, 2001 Malcolm X Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Louise and Earl Little. Louise Little was a mulatto born in Grenada in the British West Indies and Earl Little, a six-foot, very dark skinned man from Reynolds, Georgia, was a Baptist minister and organizer for Marcus Garvey, who wanted that all Afro-Americans go back to the land of their ancestors, Africa. Because …

…of which he was deeply touched. After the pilgrimage he adopted the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The angry members of the Nation of Islam began to threaten to kill him. His home in Queens, New York, which Malcolm X shared with his wife and his six children was firebombed in early February 1965. When Malcolm X was delivering a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 1965, he was shot down by Black Muslims. (Alex 213)