Malcolm X: A Research Site

Parents of Malcolm X


EARL LITTLE • 1890 - 1931

1890	Born in Reynolds, Georgia
1909	Married first wife Daisy Mason, has three children
1919	Married Second wife Louise Langdon Norton, has seven children
May 8, 1926	Spoke in Omaha as president of local branch of UNIA
June 13, 1926	Spoke again in Omaha
Jan 2, 1927	Spoke in Milwaukee as head of UNIA branch there
Jan 23, 1927	Spoke again in Milwaukee
May 27, 1927	Spoke in Gary, Indiana as UNIA leader
June 8, 1927	Letter from Earl Little to Calvin Coolidge
Sept 28, 1931	Murdered in Lansing, Michigan
	Newspaper account of Earl Little's death
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LOUISE LANGDON NORTON LITTLE • 1900 - 1991
1900	Born in Grenada
1917		Moved to Canada to live with her Uncle Edgerton
1918		Met Earl Little
May 10, 1919		Married Earl Little
May 19, 1925		Malcolm Little's birth certificate
1926-27		Served as secretary of local UNIA branches
1939		Committed to Michigan State Hospital (Kalamazoo)
1963		Released from hospital after 25 years
1991		Died at the age of 91.

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