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Act One

Scene 1 - Lancing, Michigan, 1931

The members of The Universal Negro Improvement Association are waiting for Reverend Earl Little to return home and begin the meeting (鈥楢frica for Africans鈥�). It is unlike him to be late, and is a cause for concern. Mrs Little knows the danger that black people face every day, and fears that her husband has been killed on his way home by some extremist group, like the Klan (Louise鈥檚 Aria: 鈥楨arl should have been home by sunset鈥�). Her suspicions are confirmed when a white policeman knocks at the door and tells them Revered Little was found dead on the tracks (鈥楢 man was on the tracks鈥�).

A social worker deems the family incapable of caring for the children, and separates Malcolm and his siblings from their mother (鈥榃hat鈥檚 going on here鈥�). As a young boy, Malcolm does not understand why he cannot be with his mother, and why his teachers are telling him he will never be anything, despite being top of his class (Young Malcolm鈥檚 Aria: 鈥楳omma, help