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Louise Helen Norton Little (née Langdon; 1894 or 1897 – December 18, 1989) [1] was a Grenadian-born American activist. She was the mother of Malcolm X . Early years and family. Louise Helen Norton Langdon was born in La Digue, Saint Andrew Parish, Grenada to Ella Langdon in either 1894 or 1897. [2] .
19 de mar. de 2022 · The K.K.K. targeted the Little home because Louise and her husband, Earl, were unapologetic activists who pushed a message of revolution in the new Black communities of the unwelcoming Midwest.
21 de feb. de 2024 · Malcolm Little nació en Nebraska en 1925. Sus padres, Louise y Earl, eran seguidores del líder panafricanista Marcus Garvey, y estaban implicados en actividades de mejora de la vida de la comunidad negra. Este activismo trajo muchos problemas a la familia Little.
Overlooked No More: Louise Little, Activist and Mother of Malcolm X - America's Black Holocaust Museum. March 19, 2022. By Jolie Solomon, The New York Times. She fought oppression in public and private spheres, and shaped her son’s education as he evolved into a powerful thinker and speaker. Louise Little in an undated photo.
19 de feb. de 2017 · In this interview, McDuffie discusses his groundbreaking article, “The Diasporic Journeys of Louise Little: Grassroots Garveyism, the Midwest, and Community Feminism,” which explores the life, activism, and legacy of Malcolm X’s mother, Louise Langdon Norton Little.
4 de feb. de 2021 · Out of the claimed two million members of the Garvey movement, Louise was reported as being one of Garvey’s closest confidantes. Her eldest son, Wilfred, recalled Louise writing letters on Garvey’s behalf and even helping to shelter him in their home when he was being pursued by the FBI.
A brilliant and resourceful activist-intellectual steadfastly committed to Garveyism, Louise Little is best known today as the mother of the preeminent black nationalist Malcolm X. In the opening sentence of her report, Little noted that the UNIA division (local) in Omaha had met in June at Liberty Hall at 2578 Lake Street, with “E. Little pres...
