Family

Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska U.S.A. One year later his family moved to Wisconsin due to threats from the Klu Klux Klan (KKK.)

His mother was white and his father was black. Malcolm was the fourth of seven children. Out of all his siblings he was the whitest. He was his fathers favourite child because he looked the whitest out of all his kids, but his mother treated him harsher for the exact same reason. At this time Malcolm was desperately trying to be white in his actions and appearances by straightening and lightening his hair.



When he was a kid he went to a detention hall for stealing. When he was in the detention hall all the kids would call him a "nigger" (very offensive word for black) because he was black. Even the teachers would call him a nigger. These actions made him feel very uncomfortable but he did not yet have the courage to stand up for himself.

When Malcolm was still a kid his father was brutally murdered by the KKK. After the death of his father his mother was sent to an asylum because the government thought that she wasn't capable of taking care of seven children by herself. Not only did Malcolm lose his father to the KKK the KKK also killed one of his brothers.

Malcolm's original last name was Little but he decided to change it to "X" when he joined the Nation of Islam to symbolize that he did not know his true last name, as Little was his slave masters name.

On January 14 1958 Malcolm married Betty X. Only seven years later on February 21 Malcolm was assassinated while giving one of his speeches.