The Littles are finally forced to accept federal relief, which comes as a blow to their pride. Malcolm's mother becomes a Seventh Day Adventist and even more particular about diet, which seems insane in a time of such hardship. Welfare agents begin to take an interest in the family. Eventually, the state sends Malcolm's mother to a mental hospital in Kalamazoo and divides up the children, sending Malcolm to the Gohannas family, local friends of the Littles. Malcolm alludes to the victory of black boxer Joe Louis over white boxer James J. Braddock in 1937 to introduce the boxing that he and his brother Philbert do as young men. Malcolm soon picks up basketball after two disastrous losses in the ring. While living with the Gohannases, Malcolm is expelled from school for playing a prank on a teacher, and is sent to a detention home in nearby Mason, Michigan. The home is run by the Swerlins, a white couple who quickly take a liking to Malcolm. He helps around the house and is receptive and intelligent, which earns him the title of "good nigger." Malcolm is supposed to go to a reform school, but the Swerlins keep him at the detention home and send him to a normal junior high school. He even wins enough freedom to go out on Saturdays to Lansing's African-American downtown, where he receives his first exposure to nightlife. Still in his early teens, Malcolm already passes as an adult. At school, Malcolm becomes a model student, and, as one of the few black students, is regarded as a novelty, what he calls a "pink poodle." Malcolm's teachers like him, but also make "nigger" jokes. At school dances, Malcolm is especially aware of his race, and feels as if he must stand by the wall, steer clear of white girls, and leave early to avoid trouble. Despite the racial tension, Malcolm feels relatively happy until he enters seventh grade. That year, Ella, his half-sister from Boston, comes for a visit.
In this essay taken from Malcolm X's autobiography, he takes us on a trip on how he became educated, an education that could not be taught in any university. Malcolm X's biography was written in a laid back fashion. ... Malcolm X was one of the most influential leaders of all time. ... Malcolm X is one of those people. ... Malcolm X didn't care for degrees he just wanted to learn. ...
Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, and Malcolm X. In 1965 Malcolm X's autobiography was published which was shortly after his assassination at the hands of Three Black Muslims on February 20 1965. ... Malcolm X differs from the author of "Having Their Say" Scott Malcomson in this case because Malcolm X would have never allowed for any talk racial integration to even be included in something he wrote. ... Malcolm X was a very proud African American as were the people of Boley. ... Malcolm X was very informative and persuasive to the black communities and this made Malcolm X prou...
During her sixty year career, she has published seven autobiographies, multiple poetry books, and three books of essays; and she has also written and directed movies, television shows, and plays. Although she is an influential American poet, she is most known for her seven autobiographies. Angelou was active in the civil rights movement and worked side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. ... In the sixties she was heavily involved in the civil rights movement and began to form organizations with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.; both men were assassinated before the groups...
In 1968, Anne Moody published her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi. ... Indeed, the Civil Rights Movement was transforming, turning away from the nonviolence of Martin Luther King to a more militant stance embodied by Malcolm X. ... Individually, covert racism is exemplified in Malcolm X's autobiography. ... Malcolm's thoughts in his autobiography can be applied to our current society. ... As mentioned throughout this essay, the racism and discrimination which existed during Anne Moody's childhood was overt and direct where as in modern-day it is covert and subtle. ...
While working odd jobs, he wrote short stories, essays, and book reviews. ... Literary Works James Arthur Baldwin had a lots of published essays and novels. ... One of Baldwin's bestselling essays was "The Fire Next Time". ... After Malcolm X's death Baldwin agreed to write screenplay of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" for Columbia Pictures. ... Not long after King's death, he resigned the Malcolm X screenplay and moved to St. ...
(King, 1994) Maya Angelou wrote her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a memoir of her childhood and young adult period, in 1969, toward the end of the Civil Right Movement. ... She was proud to be introduced to entertainers, actors, singers and activists such as Malcolm X and Dr. ...
