In 1937, Malcolm was taken from his family by welfare caseworkers. By the time he reached high school age, he had dropped out of school and moved to Boston, where he became increasingly involved in criminal activities. In 1946, at the age of 21, Malcolm was sent to prison on a burglary conviction. It was there he encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, whose members are popularly known as Black Muslims. The Nation of Islam advocated black nationalism and racial separatism and condemned Americans of European descent as immoral "devils."
Along with being involved in drugs and alcohol Malcolm and his good friend Malcolm “Shorty” Jarvis became involved with burglary while they were in Boston, Massachusetts. Malcolm Little was known by his friends and family as Red for the color of his hair. In 1946 Red and Shorty were sentenced to 10 years of hard labor in a maximum security prison. Malcolm was paroled after serving 7 years. While in prison Malcolm spent the first few months in solitary confinement.
“Knowledge is Power” Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-hakk Malik El-Shabazz, was a street hustler convicted of robbery in 1946. He spent six years in prison and used this time to enhance his education level simply by reading. After his release from prison, he became an influential leader, and member of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X became a heroic advocate for the rights of blacks and has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. After hitting rock bottom in 1946, at age 20, Malcolm x was sentenced to six years in prison for larceny and breaking and entering.
Early on, Malcolm X was aware of racism. As a young child, he recalled his house being burned down and his father being murdered by a white supremacy group called the Black Legion. As a teenager and young adult he witnessed and lived the impoverished hustler life on the streets of Harlem. While in jail, he was introduced to Elijah Muhammad’s church, the Nation of Islam, which preached for the advancement of black men and the evil of white supremacy. Upon release, Malcolm X rapidly gained prominence in the Nation of Islam and traveled the United States, founding new mosques in many cities.
The movie has some very interesting narrative elements. The plot is about a man who is wrongly convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover. He is sentenced to serve out a life sentence at Shawshank Prison. The movie is set during the years of 1947-1966 and follows his experiences once he arrives at the prison. In act one, although Andy profusely claims his innocence, he is convicted anyway and sent to Shawshank.
Dale had spent time in intensive care after one of his step father’s vicious beatings. Soon after, he was kicked out of home. Dale turned to crime for food and to feed his newly acquired drug habit. By age 17, Dale had been stabbed, had spent time in juvenile detention, was drug dependent and was suffering from malnutrition. Dale is a real person.
Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, he converted to Islam while serving time in prison from 1946 to 1952. Upon his release from prison he joined the Nation of Islam (NoI) and dropped his surname of “Little” and replaced it with “X” as was common practice of members of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X preached of the evil that white society represented and the superiority of black over whites. He urged his followers to defend themselves “by any means necessary” which included and endorsed the use of violence. These ideals later served as the foundation for Black Nationalism and the Back Power movements.
Sadat was a devout Muslim from his early days, benefiting from an Islamic education. Later he joined the military school in Egypt. After his graduation, he was posted to a remote government base, where he met Gamal Abdel-Nasser. This was supposed to be the turning point of his life. During the Second World War, Anwar El Sadat was imprisoned by the British because of the provocative help he offered to the Germans to expel the British from Egypt.
I fly so fast that I end up paranoid and out of it.” As per K; she was sexually abused by an uncle at age 15. She states that her older sister was also sexually abused during that same period of time. K states that she repressed the memories of her sexual abuse for many years and only recently recovered them. Her first admission to a psychiatric hospital occurred at age 15 and she states that she has had multiple admissions thereafter including a sixth month stay at Sagamore Children’s Psychiatric Hospital. She states that her most recent psychiatric admission was at Southside Hospital where she was admitted with a diagnosis of psychosis.
He is also reported to have told some of his rape victims of his own bad experiences, at the hands of a previous girlfriend. He began raping women in his twenties, claiming three victims before one finally testified against him. He was sent to prison, during which he himself was sexually assaulted by other prisoners. His murder spree began in 1994, shortly after his release. South Africa's most prolific serial killer to date, Moses Sithole stood convicted of 38 slayings in a series of "ABC Murders" committed between January and October 1995.