Malcolm X's life was a life with a lot of conflict and violence in it. Malcolm X was born under the name of Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. His father was a Baptist minister and an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, the Black Nationalist leader of the 1920s who preached that all blacks should leave the US and go back to Africa. While Malcolm's father was away and Malcolm's mother was pregnant with Malcolm, a group of KKK members came to their house and told Mrs. Little to send out her husband. She came out of the house and stood where all the KKK could see that she was pregnant and told them that Mr. Little was in Milwaukee preaching. The KKK, disappointed, shouted threats and told them to leave town. After this they broke every window in the Little's home and left. When Mr. Little came home and heard what happened, he decided to move as soon a Malcolm was born to Lansing, Michigan. Here was where Malcolm's father died at the ha

Malcolm X's disagreed with Martin Luther King's beliefs because Malcolm wanted change now while Mr. King saw that change took time. Malcolm disagreed with Mr. King was because he didn't believe the peaceful protests worked. Malcolm believed that violence was the only way through which change would take place. Finally, Malcolm disagreed with Mr. King in the fact that Malcolm wanted to segregate blacks and whites and create a separate place for the blacks to live in while Mr. King wanted to end segregation and have blacks and whites live peacefully.

By the early 1960s, the Nation of Islam had become well known and Malcolm was their most prominent spokesperson. Malcolm gave many speeches and had dedicated his life to serve Elijah Muhammad and God. Because of the Nation of Islam popularity, television reporters were now very curious about it. To represent the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad chose Malcolm X. for the next few years; Malcolm X was a major and widely publicized figure. This had its good and bad side. It was good because it spread the ideas of the Nation of Islam all across the WORLD, but also put Malcolm X in an awkward position since he received a lot of publicity. Because of all the attention he got, many of the nation of Islam's members became jealous. As a result, they badmouthed Malcolm X behind his back for many years to Elijah Muhammad. They said many things, like Malcolm was getting too much money from the Nation of Islam, when actually all he got from them was a house and car for twelve years! Of service. Another thing they said was that Malcolm was trying to take over the Nation of Islam and that he was taking credit for the things Mr. Muhammad really did. This was anything but the truth because Malcolm always

Soon after his release from jail, Malcolm worked for his oldest brother who managed a furniture store. While working, he also gave many speeches, and went "fishing"(fishing is when someone stands out on a sidewalk and hand out brochures and explained about their ideas of the Nation of Islam.) for new members for the Nation of I

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