Malcolm+X

=Malcolm Little A.K.A Malcolm X= = =


 * Born on May 19 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His name was Malcolm Little at the time and he was the fourth of eight kids in his family.

Five years later the family moved to Lansing Michigan because his house was firebombed. Two years later his father died, presumably murdered by the Black Legion. he died by a hammer to his head and was laid on train tracks to die, He was split in half by the train. His mother was so depressed that she was sent to a mental facility, leaving Malcolm to move in with his half sister Ella.

In 1946 Malcolm was arrested and sentenced to 8-10 years in Charleston Ma, state prison. He only served six years of the sentence. While in jail Malcolm converts to Islam.

In 1953 Malcolm Little becomes Malcolm X. He also becomes head minister in The Nation of Islam's Detroit Temple. In 1954 he becomes the minister of The Nation of Islam's New York Temple**.


 * In 1958 he married Betty Shabazz who gets married into the name Betty X.

One year later he travels to the Middle East where he finds out that it doesn't matter what you look like as long as you all believe in the same faiths than you're equal.**

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 * In 1963 after Kennedy's death Malcolm told America that the violence was sent out and now that Kennedy is dead that they killed someone important and that the people should realized that what goes around comes around.

1964 was the year when Malcolm decided to leave The Nation of Islam because they wanted to him to be quiet and he shouldn't be attracting attention. Malcolm created the Muslim Mosque Inc. He also starts the Organization of Afro-American Unity.

On February 14 1965 Malcolm X's house gets firebombed in East Elmhurst, New York. One week later Malcolm X is assassinated at a speech in New York. He was shot 15 times up close. People think that some of the murderers were from the Nation of Islam.**

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 * Malcolm X is important to study because even though he had invoked a lot of different emotions he and many others revolutionized the idea of Civil Rights for all Americans.**