title: Malcolm X: The Manifestation of a Conscientious Scholar
author: Sensi Jarvis
description: Sensi Jarvis works in the Nathan W. Collier Library at Florida Memorial University, where he is also a degree candidate in hospitality management. A resident of Miami, Florida, he was born on the island of St.Thomas, Virgin Islands of the United States.
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  Dedication
  
  For those who have supported me, thank you for the encouragement in times of
  struggle, especially Michael, who has to live with my often chaotic and
  creative mind. For any detractors, thanks for lighting fires under me. Amazing
  what a woman can do when she’s told she can’t or shouldn’t.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Chapter One
  
  April 1814
  
  Malcolm Graham squeezed his eyes shut as a tremendous crash echoed from the
  adjacent chamber. He strummed his fingers along the ledger before him and
  waited. When a moment had gone by in silence, he returned his attention to the
  line of numbers before him. But he had no sooner regained his concentration
  than another explosive smashing sound came from the other room.
  
  Malcolm sighed, shut the ledger and got to his feet, just as the butler,
  Simms, stepped into the room. The other man’s face was long and stern, and he
  met Malcolm’s eyes with disapproval.
  
  “Mr. Graham,” he began, his tone steeped in long-suffering agitation.
  
  “Yes, yes,” Malcolm