Malcolm X

Question 1

Omaha, Nebraska

Answer 1

This is where Malcolm was born

Question 2

Louise Little

Answer 2

Malcolm’s mom

Question 3

Earl Little

Answer 3

his dad who was a preacher

Question 4

Ku Klux Klan (in Malcolm X’s life describe events that happened)

Answer 4

1. They came to his house with their shotguns and rifles and shouted for his father to come out.
2. Smashed all their windows
3. White police and firemen watched as his house burned to the ground

Question 5

Earl Little’s death and effect on Louise

Answer 5

Malcolm’s family believed his father was murdered by white supremacists but the police officially ruled Earl littles death a street car accident, avoiding the large life insurance policy.

Question 6

Mason High School

Answer 6

One of the only Black students at this school. His English teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. He answered a lawyer and his teacher said “why don’t you work on carpentry”

Question 7

Life in Boston

Answer 7

moved here to live with his older half-sister.

Question 8

6 and 1/2 years in prison

Answer 8

Sentenced to 10 years in prison but served only 6 and 1/2 because of parole

Question 9

Black Nationalism

Answer 9

The belief that black people in order to have self-determination need a separate black nation

Question 10

Nation of Islam

Answer 10

A black Islamic sect proposing a separate black nation, found in Detroit