The Autobiography of Malcolm X Characters

It's pretty lucky for us that since Malcolm X is the only character in his autobiography, he changes personalities enough times to flesh out an entire cast of characters. There's Malcolm Little, Ma...

If we didn't know better, we'd say that this guy was Malcolm's dad. Or at least his long-lost brother. He's light-skinned, went to jail, and lacks formal education just like Malcolm. No wonder Malc...

You might think that the most influential woman in Malcolm X's life would be his wife, but you would be wrong. No other woman is depicted as positively, powerfully, or lovingly as Ella Little. That...

Malcolm X's dad wins the award for most gruesome life story told in a few paragraphs. We hardly know anything about him because Malcolm hardly knows anything about him, but it would be wrong to say...

Malcolm's mom is a picky eater. The light-skinned, straight-haired, educated woman from Granada only gets a few defining features in Malcolm's memory before she is locked away in a mental instituti...

Malcolm X has so many brothers and sisters that we can't even remember most of their names. And those are just his full siblings, so don't even get us started on his half brothers and sisters. So w...

Shorty and Sammy are like the Jedi and the Sith in Star Wars. One represents the side of good, and one represents evil. You would have thought that it would have been easier for Malcolm to choose t...

If Ella was Malcolm's mother figure, and Elijah Muhammad was his father figure, then these guys were like his academic advisors. They're the ones who push him to get out of the hustling game and ge...

For a book about equal rights for minorities, the way that Malcolm X's autobiography deals with women sure seems backwards. While Ella is an exception, these other three women exemplify Malcolm X's...