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...
Source: MAXnotes to The Autobiography of Malcolm X, ©2000 Research and Education Association, Inc.. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
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