1. Malcolm X Mallorie H.

2. Who Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965, was a Black Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He grew up in Michigan where his father was a Baptist minister. Malcolm’s father was killed and people think a racially motivated murder.

3. Early years Malcolm dropped out of school and started a life of crime and was eventually sentenced to 10 years in prison. In 1952, he was released from prison and changed his name to Malcolm X. After embracing the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, he became a leading minister for the Nation of Islam.

4. Through his powerful speaking, he called for freedom to be brought through “any means necessary”, and argued that the time for “nonviolence” had passed. Malcolm X spoke against the strategies of civil rights organizations that worked for racial integration.

5. He argued that “it is not integration that Negroes in America want, it is human dignity.” His beliefs were completely opposing those of Martin Luther King Jr. Many white Americans found Malcolm’s tone and ideas intimidating.

6. In the mid-1960’s, his beliefs began to change after he made a pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca. He became an orthodox Islam and started to call for unity among all people.

7. In 1964 he declared in a speech, “We will work with anyone, with any group, no matter what their color is, as long as they are genuinely interested in taking the type of steps necessary to bring an end to the injustices that black people in this country are afflicted by.”

8. Marten Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met only once, at the U.S. Capitol during a Senate filibuster of a civil rights bill in Marching 1964. In February 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down by three black Muslim Assassins.

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