Malcolm X: A Complex Legacy  -A +A  Malcolm X gave voice to
oppressed African-Americans   [Tribute To Malcolm X]  Malcolm X
was a complex man. The beating death of his grandson, Malcolm
Shabazz, 28, in a Mexico City bar, days before his grandfather’s
birth date, only adds to this complex legacy. For the life and
death of Malcolm X is unlike any other civil rights icon.
Malcolm X is remembered as an impassioned speaker who demanded
change "by any means necessary." Malcolm X said things aloud
about White oppression most African-Americans whispered because
they lacked his courage, intellect, and love of race. Yet, he
was gunned down by his own people.  Malcolm was born into
conflict in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925. His parents, Earl and
Louise Little, and their eight children moved to Lansing,
Michigan, seeking opportunity and peace from racial oppression.
They would find neither. Malcolm’s father, a minister, and
member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA),
became a target of the Ku Klux Klan.  Ea