Malcolm X was born May 19,1925 he was raised in a very poor family. When he was 6 his father died by getting hit by a car. Malcolm came to believe that his father was murdered by white people, and he wanted to do something about this. Malcolm was put in many different schools, he became a good student and respected his teachers. He wanted to become a lawyer, but his teacher said no he can't, and she said he should be a carpenter since he was black. After his rough times in school Malcolm got kicked out of school, so later he moved to NYC and cheated to make money. He sold drugs, and started stealing, he did lots of crimes and then he went to prison for 10 years, and he was visited by people of the Nation Of
