X by Ilyasah Shabazz6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Malcolm arrives in Boston and explores the city. This reminds Malcolm of his father's death, and the racism he has already witnessed in his own young life, particularly being called the n-word by a teacher and told he could never be a lawyer because of his skin color. While riding through Pennsylvania, Malcolm sees the body of a lynched man hanging from a tree. On the bus, Malcolm meets a fellow traveler, an African American coal miner named Earl Willis, who warns Malcolm to stick close to him, as it is unsafe for a black teenager to be traveling across country by himself. His father, Earl Little, was pushed in front of a streetcar by the Ku Klux Klan, and his mother Louise had been under government surveillance, culminating in her being forcibly committed. ![]() Both of his parents were activists for African American rights, and Malcolm believes this led to their downfall. ![]() Malcolm has been living in foster care because his mother has recently been committed to a mental institution, and his father is dead. The novel begins in Lansing, Michigan in 1940, where 15-year-old Malcolm Little is boarding a bus to move to Boston, where he will be moving in with his half-sister Ella. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Shabazz, Ilyasah with Magoon, Kekla. ![]()
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