On May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louise Norton Little, was a homemaker who cared for their large family of eight children. His father, Earl Little, was a Baptist minister and passionate supporter of Marcus Garvey’s Black Nationalist ideals. Earl’s activism and affiliation with Garveyism made the family a target of white supremacist threats, forcing them to relocate multiple times. These early experiences with racial violence and resistance deeply influenced Malcolm’s later philosophy and leadership in the fight for Black empowerment and justice.
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