Research Paper On Malcolm X

Statement of Purpose

The central theme of the report is to reflect the perspective of a black man in an era that called for equality struggles between races in the United States while battling views on racism and his rise and fall within the Nation of Islam religion. The research paper was constructed so that the reader would gain knowledge of Malcolm X as an individual and not as a phenomenon. A reflection regarding amiable truths that spanned his brief lifetime and the apparent transformations the man and his psyche underwent from childhood to his untimely death.

The perspective of Malcolm X was simply that he was a black man in America during the same time span that focused on the struggles of African Americans in the United States in particular. Malcolm X suffered from the same phobias that you and I would but his were intensified because of his status within the Nation of Islam and also because he was considered dangerous by the white population as a whole in America at this time.

Analysis and Argument

Malcolm Little learned the major life lessons at a very early age. His parents were Earl Little and he married Louise Norton. Louise, Malcolm’s mother, was born in the British West Indies, on the island of Grenada. She looked like a white woman with straight black hair. Her mother was black but her father was white. Louise would often tell Malcolm "Let the sun shine on you so you can get some color". His red hair and light skin were a result of the Caucasian ancestry, he was the lightest colored child born to the union. Earl on the other hand seemed to favor Malcolm, often taking him along to the activist meetings. Earl Little follows the teachings of Marcus Garvey, who was considered a Black Nationalist. Earl Littl...

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...s utterly absorbed in the joy and amazement he experienced on the trip to Mecca. Mr. Haley inexplicably highlighted the fact that Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam because of jealousy. This particular book is interesting because it deals with a character in modern American history that was controversial as well as charismatic.

Conclusion

While the white public as a whole hated Malcolm X’s confidence and boldness, they admired him for the very same traits. The book was a complete success in accomplishing the author’s goal of revealing Malcolm X as a man and not just as an observable factual character. This book appeals to people, all races and all genders. Malcolm X was courageous enough to express the rage, the fight, and the viewpoint of African Americans in the 1960s. Had Malcolm X been a white man, he would have been president.