Summary Of Malcolm X's Black Nightmare

This document is an extract called “Black Nightmare” taken from Malcolm X’s (Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.) autobiography written himself in 1964. In which he mentions a few of actors that inspired to later become who he grew up to be, his father, Earl Little and Marcus Garvey (leader of the Pan-Africanism a worldwide intellectual movement that aims to encourage and strengthen bonds of solidarity between all people of African descent. ) and states a series of unfortunate events during his life when growing up in …show more content…
The second unfortunate event mentioned was when his house burned down caused by a fire started by two white men in his neighborhood. In which describes that his family and Malcolm were trying to escape their household, thankfully his parents and his little sister, Yvonne, were all safe but it was too late for them to save their home since the white policemen and firemen didn’t do anything but stand up while watching the home burn down to the grown.
That night, policemen would always call in and question Earl Little about the use of a pistol when shouting and shooting at the white men who started the