Malcolm X is one of the most intriguing and probably most misunderstood people of the 20th century in the civil rights movement of the United States.
Malcolm helped change the face of America up until his death in 1965 at the age of 39. Many people still do not understand Malcolm. Maybe as time passes people will realize what a great person and American Malcolm was.
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley is the best book I have ever read. You find out actually what Malcolm thought, and almost everything possible about his life. It is good because you are not hearing talk from other people about who he was, but you hear in his words what he thought about things. I could not put this book down once I started it. A must read!
- Born: May 19, 1925
- Died: February 21, 1965
- "Without education, your'e not going anywhere in this world."
- "The price of freedom is death."
- "Respect me or put me to death."
- "To come right down to it, if i take the kind of things in which I believe, then add to that the kind of temperament that I have, plus the one hundred per cent dedication I have to whatever I believe in--these are ingredients which make it just about impossible for me to die of old age."
- "I'm for the truth no matter who tells it. I'm for justice no matter who for or against. I'm a human being first and foremost and as such I'm for whoever and whatever benefits humanity as a whole."
TIMELINE
- 5/19/1925-Malcolm is born in Ohmaha, Nebraska
- 9/28/1931-Earl Little, Malcolm's father is run over by a street car and dies in Lansing, Michigan. His death may have been caused by a white supremacist group.
- 1/9/1939-Louise Little, Malcolm's mother, is committed to a state mental hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- 2/27/1946-Malcolm begins serving time in prison for breaking and entering and armed robbery, at Charlestown State Prison.
- 8/7/1952-Paroled from prison, Malcolm moves to Detroit, Michigan.
- 8/31/1952-Malcolm hears Elijah Muhammad speak in Chicago, Illinois and is given his X soon after.
- 1/14/58-Marries Betty X in Lansing, Michigan.
- Dec. 4, 1963- Suspended from the Nation of Islam
- March 1964- Leaves Nation of Islam, starts the
Muslim Mosque, Inc.
- Apr. 22, 1964- Makes his Hajj and becomes El-Hajj
Malik al-Shabazz
- Jun. 28, 1964- Forms the Organization of
Afro-American Unity
- Jul. 17, 1964- Speaks at the Organization of African
Unity in Cairo
- Aug. 13, 1964- U.S. State and Justice Departments
take notice of his influence on African leaders at the
U.N.
- Feb 21, 1965- Al Hajj Malik assassinated in New
York
Pictures of Malcolm X
TIMELINE
- 5/19/1925-Malcolm is born in Ohmaha, Nebraska
- 9/28/1931-Earl Little, Malcolm's father is run over by a street car and dies in Lansing, Michigan. His death may have been caused by a white supremacist group.
- 1/9/1939-Louise Little, Malcolm's mother, is committed to a state mental hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
- 2/27/1946-Malcolm begins serving time in prison for breaking and entering and armed robbery, at Charlestown State Prison.
- 8/7/1952-Paroled from prison, Malcolm moves to Detroit, Michigan.
- 8/31/1952-Malcolm hears Elijah Muhammad speak in Chicago, Illinois and is given his X soon after.
- 1/14/58-Marries Betty X in Lansing, Michigan.
- Dec. 4, 1963- Suspended from the Nation of Islam
- March 1964- Leaves Nation of Islam, starts the Muslim Mosque, Inc.
- Apr. 22, 1964- Makes his Hajj and becomes El-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz
- Jun. 28, 1964- Forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity
- Jul. 17, 1964- Speaks at the Organization of African Unity in Cairo
- Aug. 13, 1964- U.S. State and Justice Departments take notice of his influence on African leaders at the U.N.
- Feb 21, 1965- Al Hajj Malik assassinated in New York
Pictures of Malcolm X