Malcolm X was a militant black leader in the United States during the civil rights movement. With his fiery orator skills, he had the ability to draw in the masses, and preached something that had never really been preached before, “black power and Unity”. His teenage years were filled with disappointment, crime, and tragedy. Although his early life went as it did he overcame those adversities and had the greatest impact in both the African American culture and the Civil Rights

Now that Malcolm had left the Nation of Islam, he wanted now to find the truth and began to learn Orthodox Islam. He went on the holy pilgrimage, known as “Hajj”, it was hear that he had this life altering experience. He now realized the true Islam and that a man’s colour has no bearing on the man himself.

"My black brothers and sisters - no one will know who we are ... until we know who we are! We never will be able to go anywhere until we know where we are.! The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is giving us a true identity, and a true position - the first time they have ever been known to the American black man!". (The Autobio. of Malcolm X, p. 356)

He died for his believes, and he died because he brought the truth and only cared that this message be brought no matter the consequences. It was acts like this that influenced many African Americans to stand up for what they believed regardless of your color or your social status, for as he said it is not where your from but where you are going that matters. When looking at his life, where he came from, and what he accomplished, many where influenced by his courage and word’s decades later. He even influenced many at the time like Elijah Muhammad’s son Huey, who after his father’s death, directed the Nation of Islam to Orthodox Islam. Malcolm prevented the Nation of Islam from continuing to increase in numbers by giving up his life, and ensured that the Nation’s false teachings would not continue to brainwash many African Americans. Also, he showed the world that Islam was not a religion of hate, and the fact that Elijah saw an opportunity to unite the people through the hatred and the religion.

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, as the son of Louise Norton Little and Earl Little. His father was a Baptist minister and devoted supporter of Black Nationalism. His teenage life was filled with turmoil and anguish, something that was propelled by his fathers death and his mother going insane. At a young age Malcolm became aware of how individuals of color were treated, and the fact that the only future they had was becoming a blue collared worker. He drop out of school when his dreams of wanting to become a lawyer were crushed by the words of his eighth grade teacher, when he said that Malcolm had to be, "realistic about being a nigger."( the Autobio. Of Malcolm X p.118). One can easily see the state in which most parts of America were in with the comment made by his teacher and many of the African American‘s also began to believe this themselves, and would never have the chance to excel. Malcolm then pursued a life of crime alongside his friend “Shorty” in Harlem, New York. He continued this lifestyle until he was eventually apprehended, and convicted of Burglary and incarcerated in 1946, he was twenty. While in prison, his brother Reginald visited him and told him of the nation of Islam, and the teachings of the leader and prophet Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm became intrigued and studied this organization and their religious believes. He saw an opportunity to rebuild himself and began to re

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