The African American Cultural Movement In The 1920's

Malcolm X, born Malcolm little became the great man he is known as today because all of odds were stacked against him. From losing his father, to growing up with both racism and the great depression at the same time and lastly going to jail. But due to these struggles he also accomplished being named the minister of 3 different mosques and was the reason Cassius Clay also known as Muhammed Ali to islam and lastly Is known as one of the most influential persons to ever live.

If there was any man who demonstrated the anger, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, it was Malcolm X. The African American cultural movement of the 1920s lost its momentum in the 1930s because of worldwide economic depression. The Great Depression helped to direct attention from

Even before the stockmarket crash of 1929, unemployment and poverty among blacks was exceptionally high. It was under these difficult and uncomfortable conditions that Malcolm X experienced his youth in the South. Malcolm X was a very controversial yet very intelligent characters in his time. He grew up in a very big family. His dad hunted rabbits to sell to the ‘white” people for money, and his mom stayed home to take care of all the children. Several times when he was a child , his family was forced to relocate due to the racist groups that would cause arseny or run them out of their home like the very famous racist group the Ku Klux Klan. Another One of these groups called the Black Legion murdered his father by tying him to the railroad tracks and making the train run over him for there enjoyment and just pure hate. Malcolm’s father had life insurance, but was not given to his family