Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 25,1924 in Omaha, Nebraska to Earl Little, a preacher, and Louise Little, a homemaker. ... The KKK came into the Little's home shouting for his father to come out while they had loaded rifles with them. ... A racist mob set the house on fire that the Little family lived in during 1929, while policemen and firefighters stood there and watched their house burn to the ground. The harassment towards the Little family got even worse in 1931 when one day his father's lifeless body was found. The little family believed the killing of Malcolm's f...

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Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise and Earl Little. ... Even though Earl was a dark black man, his wife Louise could pass for a white woman. ... In 1931, Earl Little's body was found dead by a streetcar railway track. ... (Curtis 13-14) Louise Little never recovered from her husband's death. ... Malcolm was so busy traveling all over the place he had very little personal time. ...

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His mother, Louise Little was born in Grenada, a city in the British West Indies. His father, Earl Little was a very dark skinned man from Reynolds, Georgia who married Louise just after the birth of young Malcolm. ... Alone with no money, Louise Little was left to provide for her children, but the task proved too difficult and she had a nervous breakdown. ... The Little children were forced to separate. ... Soon Malcolm Little started selling drugs. ...

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His mother, Louise Little was born in Grenada, a city in the British West Indies. His father, Earl Little was a very dark skinned man from Reynolds, Georgia who married Louise just after the birth of young Malcolm. ... Alone with no money, Louise Little was left to provide for her children, but the task proved too difficult and she had a nervous breakdown. ... The Little children were forced to separate. ... Soon Malcolm Little started selling drugs. ...

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He was born with the name Malcolm Little, in Nebraska, on May 19, 1925. Malcolm's mother, Louise, was from the West Indies. His father, Earl Little, was from Georgia. ... Malcolm then dropped Little as his last name, because it was a "slave name", and he was now Minister Malcolm X. ...

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Earl Little was a black Baptist minister and an avid civil rights activist. On May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska Earl and his wife Louise gave birth to Malcolm Little. ... The police also ruled this an accident, the Little's, however, strongly believed both instances were no accident. Shortly after Louise suffered an emotional breakdown and was hospitalized, the children were split up amongst various foster home and orphanages. ... He decided that Little was a slave name and denoted "X" to signify his lost tribal name. ...

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The son of a homemaker named Louise and a preacher which was also an active member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association named Earl, suffered racism since he was a little kid, as long as his father was frequently harassment by white supremacists groups. ... So he converted to Islam and when he got out he decided to change his surname "Little" considered by him as a relic of the slavery to "X" in honor of the unknown name of his ancestors. ...

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To understand this best, we will first look at the man, before he was El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, before he was Malcolm X, but when he was Malcolm Little. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, as the son of Louise Norton Little and Earl Little. ...

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A dark corner of history now has a little more light. Never has a book of history opened my eyes wider, captivated me more, than the story of Malcom Little. ... It was hard for Louise Little to take care of her family and she finally had to ask for help from the government relief program. ... A summer with his half sister, Ella Little, showed Malcom just what he was missing. ... It was the question, some argue, that changed Malcom Little's life forever. ...

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