MALCOLM X & THE 4 PHASES: A GUIDELINEHandbag Handbag EBARRITO EBARRITO Garnet EBARRITO Garnet Garnet EBARRITO Handbag FOR YOUTH
Malcolm X (1925-1965) is an important
An important question is how does the example of Malcolm’s life provide guidance for youth and instructions of what not to do and how to avoid traps.Handbag EBARRITO EBARRITO Garnet EBARRITO Garnet EBARRITO Handbag Handbag Garnet If viewed from this perspective -- of how to avoid social and legal traps – then Malcolm’s life is more real and relevant to the daily challenges faced by Black youth. According to the San Francisco-based Center on Juvenile & Criminal Justice (www.cjcj.org), throughout the U.S. African American youth represent 15% of the population, 26% of juvenile arrests, 44% of youth who are detained, 46% of the youth who are judicially sent to adult criminal court, and 58% of the youth admitted to state prisons. Incarceration rates of African Americans and other non-whites are so high that criminal justice has become the civil rights movement of this generation.
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Source: Building Blocks for Youth, "And Justice for Some," April 2000
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These arrest and incarceration statistics clearly show that African American youth have not received enough guidance to avoid the juvenile and adult prison system.Garnet EBARRITO EBARRITO Garnet Handbag Garnet Handbag Handbag EBARRITO EBARRITO Malcolm X’s political ideas are important but what is perhaps more important is for youth to understanding the main four phases of Malcolm’s life and how to avoid the same traps.
Malcolm embarked on a life of crime in the streets of
MALCOLM X: THE FOUR PHASES:*
There are four key phases in Malcolm X’s life that could be used as guide posts for Black people guiding and directing their youth in the
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(Birth-15 years old)EBARRITO Garnet Handbag Garnet Handbag Handbag Garnet EBARRITO EBARRITO EBARRITO 1925 - early 1941
Until this time, although Malcolm had problems after losing his father and his mother being less and less able to support her 8 children, Malcolm remained an exceptional student at
After completing the 8th grade in 1941, Malcolm moved from rural
(16-27 years old)Handbag Handbag Garnet EBARRITO Garnet EBARRITO Garnet EBARRITO EBARRITO Handbag 1941-1952
After moving to
(27-38 years) 1952-1963
In August 1952 at age 27, Malcolm was released from prison and went to
(38-39 years old) 1964-1965
In March 1964, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam and traveled to various countries and became recognized as an international leader. After he returned from
If we analyze the four phases of Malcolm X’s life, it is the 1st and 3rdDesign Embellished Satchel Brown Women's Leather c6pqUcB phases that are critically important to guiding and developing Black youth. The task is to develop “Malcolm Littles” and guide them to the 3rd phase of “Malcolm X,” without them getting trapped in the “Detroit Red” or the thug phase.
Thus, one of the most significant reasons to review Malcolm X’s life is to understand the four phases of his life and how to help Black youth avoid the problems and pitfalls that Malcolm endured from 16-27 years of age (Phase two: “Detroit Red”). The task is to set up the programs and processes to assist youth who grow up without both of their parents and who are essentially “raised” by the gangs or the streets. During the 1st Phase of Malcolm’s life he had the strong support of his family and was a top student, and in 3Garnet Garnet Handbag Handbag Handbag EBARRITO Garnet EBARRITO EBARRITO EBARRITO rd phase he was a national leader who worked diligently to build and develop the Black community. Thus, the focus on Malcolm’s life should be to figure out how to establish a permanent bridge from the “Malcolm Little” to the “Malcolm X” phase.
*I was first introduced to this 4 Phase analysis of Malcolm X by Prof. Abdul Garnet Garnet EBARRITO Garnet Handbag Handbag Handbag EBARRITO EBARRITO EBARRITO Alkalimat at an Oxford University Summer Session course in 1989. The details of the four phases of Malcolm X's life are discussed in his Autobiography.