The Ever-Changing Malcolm X - AKA The Infamous Detroit Red :: Biography Biographies Bio

The Infamous Detroit Red and the ever-changing Malcolm X In a time full of zoot suits and whiskey bars, it was lonesome(prenominal) natural that a youth would get caught up with the current trends. For Malcolm Little, conduct was all about his image, or what he wanted people to regain him as. Throughout his life he spent his time identifying who he genuinely was and what he matte in his heart to be right. Throughout existing periods, he allowed outside circumstances to influence the way he felt about things, yet in the end, he was able to come to his bear conclusion about his life, and the lives of his fellow men. Early after his childhood, Malcolm moved to Harlem, naked as a jaybird York, where he decided from past on that he wanted to chase the life of a hustler. During that time, the lifestyle of the rich and famous was glamorized and for Malcolm, that was the life for him. He soon adopted the name Detroit Red, in the fact that he lived come together to Detroit and he had unmistakable red hair. Malcolm soon immersed himself in the streets of Harlem, becoming more(prenominal) and more acknowledged around town for robbery, pimping and drug dealing. Eventually he gained the mentality that in order to survive in his world, he had to liveliness out for himself, and only when himself. His life of crime eventually caught up with him, and in 1946 he was arrested and sentenced to seven years in prison. It seemed that in prison, his life do a sudden change, he realized that in order to sincerely yours free himself, he could not rely on his street smarts, and hustling ways. It was then that he immersed himself in the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. During his stay in prison, Malcolm continually lashed out at the guards and fellow inmates. After realizing that this would never get him anywhere, he began to study the teachings of Islam. With the encourage of a fellow convict he cam to the mindset that it was his new relegation in li fe to convert fellow blacks in order to mingle them as a people. He felt that there was no real way that blacks and whites could come to a mutual agreement in America, and the only solution would be a great Diaspora back to his homeland of Africa.