was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha Nebraska, and died on February 21, 1965, in New York, by an assassination

When Malcolm was little, he was moving to Michigan and his father Rev. Earl Little was Baptist minister and a former supporter of but died to a street car a possible victim of whites. The mother of

Malcolm X, Louise Little was so poor when her “Stumbling is not falling.” husband died, she cooked dandelions and fed them to her kid and was committed by an “History is a people's memory, and without insane asylum in 1939. a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.” Malcolm now 6 is going to a foster or living with family and is excelling in school. One “The future belongs to those who prepare of the 8th grade teachers told him to be a for it today.” carpenter than a lawyer. That’s when he “Truth is on the side of the opposite.” became street hustler, a drug dealer, and a gang leader. “If your not ready to die for it, put the word “Freedom” out of your vocabulary.” Malcolm in jail from 1946 to 1952 for a robbery, and eventually talked to people and Malcolm x was had a big impact by teaching became apart of the and people the way of Muslim, that is tied to changed his last name to X. The famous name black nationalism, by Noble Drew Ali. Malcolm X because its tradition to change your last name, Malcolm Little.

Malcolm X after he came out of prison to Malcolm became a founder of a Muslim. become apart of the Nation of Islam, convinced Malcolm made a book about himself. by his brother Reginald. Malcolm X met many people and even gave speeches to the university Malcolm became apart of the Nation of of oxford and Harvard university. Malcolm Islam. challenged the mainstream of the civil rights Malcolm became a civil rights leader. movement Martin Luther King Jr because he didn’t like how he did everything with Malcolm made colored peoples name have nonviolence and told him that black people the same meaning but different words should defend themselves by everything means Malcolm helped stop discrimination with necessary. Malcolm Changed how black people other civil rights leaders. are called, From “Negro” and “Colored” to “Black” and “Afro-American”. Malcolm left the Malcolm gave speeches to stop nation on Elijah command and discrimination. created and founded Muslim Mosque and changed his name to, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz Malcolm founded Organization of Afro- American Unity