Witness to the Assassination of Malcolm X
Gregg V. Simmers
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December 4, 2012
Dr. LaShonda Catchings

Witness to the Assassination of Malcolm X

On a cold and cloudy day, as I watched my mother dress for work, not knowing if she would return home that evening. This was hard times for the Negro. The year was 1925; my future friend was just making his entrance in a world fill with pain and hatred. His name is Malcolm Little, he father was a preacher and it is said that he was killed by racist white supremacists. His mother was placed in a mental institution. He was cared for by state during this time of his life. Malcolm was a great student in middle school, he was very bright and had vision of becoming a lawyer. This dream was vanquish when his favorite teacher told him that he could not become a lawyer due to fact that he was a Negro. Malcolm became very angry and he left school and moved to Boston to live with his half sister.
The year of 1946, Malcolm was sent to prison for breaking and entering with some friends he met in Boston. While serving his time in prison, Malcolm was introduced to the Nation of Islam. When he was release from prison, he followed the teaching of Elijah Muhammad once he was release in 1952. Malcolm no longer wanted to be called Malcolm Little, he went by the unknown name, so he changed his last name to X. Malcolm X was reborn again with another mind set, and religion.
Under the teaching of Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm became one of the Nation of Islam favorite son. His belief was that blacks were far more superior to whites. The Negro must protect themselves by “any means necessary”. Of course this way of thinking did not set well in the white community or the racist supremacists. Not only did Malcolm anger the whites, he also made enemies in the black community as well. He was quoted for calling Martin Luther King