The Autobiography of Malcolm X | Chapter 4: Laura

New People:
Laura: a black high school honors student

Mamie Bevels: waitress at Roseland

Sophia: a white girl Malcolm meets at Roseland

Summary
Dancing becomes Malcolm’s first and foremost passion. He quits his shoeshining job and takes a job as a soda fountain clerk, enabling him to go out dancing at night. At work, he meets Laura, a sheltered black girl living with her grandmother. He takes Laura dancing at Roseland and the two are a dancing sensation.

Malcolm stops dating Laura after he meets an attractive, wealthy white woman...



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