How is Malcolm’s father characterized? Think: What kind of man do you think he is?

Earl Little is Malcolm’s father who appears briefly in the first chapters of the autobiography. Earl Little is a powerful black man, a civil right activist and a preacher who tries to help the blacks get the rights they deserve. His ideas made Earl unpopular among whites but he was loved by blacks and the knowledge that he was doing something right for his people made him willing to continue even though he knew that he was risking his life. Earl Little is killed by white extremists and he is considered as being a martyr in the black community.