Malcolm X
Malcolm X, arguably one of America's strongest black activists was born on the nineteenth of May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a son to Earl and Louise Little, and lived in Lansing, Michigan. In 1920 the Little's house was fire-bombed while the family slept inside. This was believed to be the work of the white racists group, Ku-Klux-Klan. Malcolm X along with other blacks were being segregated in most every parts of daily life. They weren't allowed to vote, go to the same washrooms as the whites and were in separate classes in school. Malcom Little saw this discrimination, but could not do anything to help his people. In 1931 Malcolm Little moved to Harlem, New York. Malcolm became a criminal, he sold drugs, stole and was also a pimp. In 1946 Malcolm was convicted for burglary and sentenced to eight to ten years hard labour. In prison, Malcom Little had his first confrontation with the Nation of Islam through meeting a believing Muslim. Elijah Poole also known as Elijah Muhammad made Malcolm become interested in educational things again. So Malcolm started education in history, philosophy, religion and literature. After leaving prison Malcolm joined the Black Muslims (Nation of Islam) within a few weeks and began to work fo
Finally, Changing his name from Malcolm X to El- Hajj Mallk- El- Shabazz aggravated the members of the Nation of Islam. The code of the Nation is that each member of the Nation will forever keep the X in there name. Malcolm X went against this and yet again broke a rule of the Nation. Another reason why the Nation did not like Malcolm changing his name was that it showed that the Nation was not strict. This was a sing that the Nation thought would show them as being weak. The final reason why the Nation of Islam did not like Malcom X changing his name was that it proved that Malcolm X did not care for the Nation of Islam and did not want anything to do with them. This really agitated and moved the Nation of Islam to react. At the height of his power, Malcom X was America's most powerful black voice, this made the Nation of Islam angry. The Nation of Islam saw that Malcolm X was slowly taking over the black Muslims around the US and were displeased with him. One night as Malcolm and his family slept there house was once again fire-bombed, but this time it was his own people. Members of the Nation took it on them self's to teach Malcolm a lesson and to quit his preaching. This move backfired on the Nation. As the years went on the preaching of Malcolm X got stronger and was unbearable by the Nation of Islam. He started to preach non violence and peaceful confrontation. The young black Muslims started to finally understand the message of Malcolm X and stopped the violence. The nation could not take it anymore. On the twenty-first of February 1965 in Harlem, Malcolm X was shot and killed. One of the members of the Nation that disapproved Malcolm's message was the culprit. trouble because of any remarks made on the issue. Malcom X broke this rule and displeased
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