akes and correct them even if meant losing his status and life. He fought for what he believed in which was justice, and he was not afraid to reverse his ideas when he found them erroneous.

Finally, Malcolm X was able to admit his mistakes and correct them even if it meant losing his status and life. Malcolm X was always ready to revise his ideas and change them if he found that they were wrong. Especially in the fields of politics and religion, both of which he was working in, people usually never change their beliefs and policies, even if they are proved to be wrong. But Malcolm X was different. Malcolm knew that if he stayed in the nation of Islam, even though he found that it was wrong, he could be a powerful man and also could maintain the high and secure position in the nation of Islam. But he altered his belief when Elijah Muhammad dismissed him. Malcolm fell apart from the Nation of Islam. He was deeply hurt, but he did not give up, and he established his own movement and made a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1964. A pilgrimage to Mecca is obligatory for orthodox Muslims, and there he began to consider changing his views towards integration. In Mecca, he saw that it was possible for black and white people to live in brotherhood, of which he was deeply touched. After the pilgrimage he adopted the name El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. This trip changed his points of view profoundly. He became less militant and even admitted that sometimes white people can help the black movement. He also got rid of Mr. Muhammad¯s doctrines and taught the real Islam he experienced in the East. When he heard of the Black Muslim¯s plot to kill him, he did not feel any fear. He just wanted his family to be safe. His home in Queens, New York, which Malcolm X shared with his wife and his six children was firebombed in early February 1965, but the family survived. Even with the death threats and the bombing of house, the Black Muslims could not stop him. When Malcolm X was delivering a speech in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 1965, he was assassinated by the Black Muslims. Before he died, he declared that he would be glad if he could have helped the black people, but that all credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes were his.

Secondly, Malcolm X was able to persuade others to what he believed in. One of the main characteristics that a leader should have is convincing others to what one believes in. Malcolm X certainly had this ability to convince others. He was a great orator. He had lots of charisma. Malcolm X¯s vision was expressed in speeches, newspaper columns as well as radio and television interviews. In addition, he helped in establishing the Black Muslim newspaper, "Muhammad Speaks". Minister Malcolm X was said to be the only Negro who "could stop a race riot --or start one." His speeches were powerful and he influenced and persuaded lots of blacks to be the member of the nation of Islam. Showing his ability to convince others, the membership reached approximately 30,000 by 1963.

All in all, Malcolm X was a courageous leader who was able to turn his own personal life, able to persuade others to what he believed in, and able to admit his mistakes and correct them even

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