that white man was evil and were trying to brainwash all blacks and that Martin Luther King's "non-violent protests"

weren't working and that violence was needed for change.

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 fa

Islam. He did this until he became an official spokesperson for them. After officially being excepted, Malcolm

result, he dropped out of after the eighth grade and moved to Boston, Massachusetts where he worked several

Nation of Islam also strictly followed the Islamic belief.

When Malcolm was released from prison after in 1952, he joined a temple in Detroit, and took the name Malcolm X.

mentioned "As Elijah Muhammad teaches..." in everyone of his speeches. He also worshiped and would have died

Nation of Islam (later known as the Black Muslims). Their belief, which was contrary to Martin Luther King Jr.'s,

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