orig. Malcolm Little later El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

(born May 19, 1925, Omaha, Neb., U.S.—died Feb. 21, 1965, New York, N.Y.) U.S. black Muslim leader. He was raised in Michigan, where the family house was burned by the Ku Klux Klan; his father was later murdered and his mother was institutionalized. He moved to Boston, drifted into petty crime, and was sent to prison for burglary in 1946. He converted to the Black Muslim faith (Nation of Islam) the same year. On his release in 1952, he changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his “slave name.” Soon after meeting the Nation of Islam's leader, Elijah Muhammad, he became the sect's most effective speaker and organizer. He spoke with bitter eloquence against white exploitation of blacks and derided the civil rights movement and integration, calling instead for black separatism, black pride, and the use of violence for self-protection. Differences with Elijah Muhammad prompted Malcolm to leave the Nation of Islam in 1964. A pilgrimage to Mecca led him to acknowledge the possibility of world brotherhood and to convert to orthodox Islam. Rival Black Muslims made threats against his life, and he was shot to death at a rally in a Harlem ballroom. His celebrated autobiography (1965) was written by Alex Haley on the basis of numerous interviews conducted shortly before Malcolm's death.

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(born July 28, 1909, Birkhead, Cheshire, Eng.—died June 27, 1957, Ripe, Sussex) British novelist, short-story writer, and poet. In his youth Lowry rebelled against his conventional upbringing and shipped to China as a cabin boy; he later lived in France, the U.S., Mexico, Canada, and Italy. His reputation rests on the novel Under the Volcano (1947), about the last desperate day of a dispirited alcoholic and former British consul in Mexico. Its juxtaposition of images of social decay and self-destructiveness was seen as a symbolic vision of Europe on the verge of World War II. Though critically praised, it received popular recognition only after Lowry's death at age 47, probably the result of alcoholism.

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(born Aug. 24, 1898, Belsano, Pa., U.S.—died March 27, 1989, New Milford, Conn.) U.S. literary critic and social historian. He was educated at Harvard and in France. As literary editor of the New Republic (1929–44), he took part in many Depression-era literary and political battles, usually on the leftist side. He revived the reputation of William Faulkner with The Portable Faulkner (1946). His books include Exile's Return (1934), a history of expatriate American writers; The Literary Situation (1954), on the role of writers in society; and the collections Think Back on Us (1967) and A Many-Windowed House (1970).

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(born Aug. 24, 1898, Belsano, Pa., U.S.—died March 27, 1989, New Milford, Conn.) U.S. literary critic and social historian. He was educated at Harvard and in France. As literary editor of the New Republic (1929–44), he took part in many Depression-era literary and political battles, usually on the leftist side. He revived the reputation of William Faulkner with The Portable Faulkner (1946). His books include Exile's Return (1934), a history of expatriate American writers; The Literary Situation (1954), on the role of writers in society; and the collections Think Back on Us (1967) and A Many-Windowed House (1970).

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{{Infobox soap character | series = General Hospital | name = Mac Scorpio | series = General Hospital | image = | caption = John J. York as Mac Scorpio. | first = February 14 1991 | gender = Male | occupation = Police Commissioner | residence = 1020 North Yale
Port Charles, New York | born = | portrayer = John J. York | siblings = Robert Scorpio (brother) | spouse = Felicia Cummings (divorced) | children = Maxie Jones (adoptive daughter)
Georgie Jones (adoptive daughter, deceased) | nieces/nephews = Robin Scorpio (niece)
Unnamed child; currently expecting {via Robin} (niece) | cousins = Prunella Witherspoon | romances = Jenny Eckert Hornsby
Dominique Stanton (dated, deceased)
Katherine Bell (dated, deceased) }} Malcolm "Mac" Scorpio is a fictional character on the ABC soap operas General Hospital and Port Charles. Port Charles was canceled in 2003. He is played by actor John J. York, who originated the role in 1991. "Mac" has also appeared on All My Children in 2001 and General Hospital: Night Shift in 2007.

History

Mac, an Australian, is the brother of hero Robert Scorpio. The brothers were estranged when Mac first came to Port Charles, as Robert blamed Mac for the death of their parents. Eventually they patched up their differences and Mac was given guardianship of Robert's daughter Robin Scorpio when her parents were presumed dead. Mac had an adventurous past, but he became a solid citizen when he had the responsibility of raising his niece. Mac first ran a night club called The Outback and later became police commissioner in Port Charles, his brother's old job. He raised Robin, fighting her choice of boyfriends and then later helping her get through the crisis when she was diagnosed with HIV. Mac married Felicia Cummings Jones and raised her two daughters, Maxie Jones and Georgie Jones, as his own. As Felicia slept with both ex-husband Frisco and fiance Mac at about the same time, she wasn't sure which of the two men fathered Georgie. When the biological father turned out to be Frisco, Mac still cared for the child as his own. Although they've kept Jones as their last name, Mac is the only father Georgie and Maxie have ever known. Mac's main role in Port Charles these days is as great dad and great police commissioner.