![]() ![]() He was eventually put in prison for stealing. ![]() Trying to survive became his priority, and he stopped attending school. ![]() Without a permanent home, Malcolm struggled throughout his teenage years. Malcolm and his siblings were separated and sent to different foster homes.2 When his mother’s mental health deteriorated, the state committed her to Kalamazoo State Hospital. Malcolm’s father died shortly after under mysterious circumstances. The Little family was driven out of Omaha by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a white nationalist hate group.1 The family moved to Lansing, Michigan where their house was burned down by another white supremacist group. Courtesy Library of Congress, Background:īorn in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcom X (born Malcolm Little) experienced a great deal of racial violence as a child. Capitol about the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Malcolm X at a press conference given by Martin Luther King at the U.S. ![]()
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