Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925 to a family constantly in fear of the Ku Klux Klan, racial violence, and white supremacy. During his childhood, Little and his family would shuffle from city to city, consistently being victims of heinous acts of racial hatred. In 1938, while the family was living in Michigan, Little’s mother was committed to a mental asylum, leaving the young Malcolm and his six siblings to the foster care system. He stayed in Michigan but eventually left to move in with his half-sister,…
