... , which was constantly threatened by internal wars that could render every man your enemy. While Malcolm was in Harlem, he also got the nickname "Detroit Red". The reason he acquired this name because his hometown Lansing was near Detroit and his hair was red. After a year in Harlem, Malcolm was officially initiated into hustler society. He returned to Boston in 1945 after ... of Islam and caught his attention with the teachings of the leader of the organization, Elijah Muhammad. The Black Muslims, also known as the "Nation of Islam", had branches in Detroit, Chicago, and New York. Malco...

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... , which was constantly threatened by internal wars that could render every man your enemy. While Malcolm was in Harlem, he also got the nickname "Detroit Red". The reason he acquired this name because his hometown Lansing was near Detroit and his hair was red. After a year in Harlem, Malcolm was officially initiated into hustler society. He returned to Boston in 1945 after ... of Islam and caught his attention with the teachings of the leader of the organization, Elijah Muhammad. The Black Muslims, also known as the "Nation of Islam", had branches in Detroit, Chicago, and New York. Malco...

• Word Count: 1961
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... the Montgomery bus boycott. The successful protest, which lasted a year, marked the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr., to national prominence as a civil-rights leader. In 1957 Parks moved to Detroit, where she remained active in the civil-rights movement. In 1999 she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest honor. Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman and civil-rights ... assassinated. The exact circumstances around his death remain a mystery. Elijah Muhammad il American black nationalist leader, Elijah Muhammad became a follower of Wali Farad, who had establ...

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... changed from this move he made. Malcolm worked for a railroad company where he would visit New York City to party in nightclubs. He describes Harlem lifestyle vividly. His nickname was Detroit Red which came from his hair because he had it conked and getting it conked means putting red dye in the hair. He begins making frequent trips to Harlem, New ... ...

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... first section of quotes is from articles and speeches he has made through the years of 1963-1965. Many coming from the "Message to the Grass Roots" speech made in Detroit in November 1965. There are also miscellaneous quotes that have been collected through out his lifetime and quotes about Malcolm X from his widow, Betty Shabazz and civil rights legend Dr ... ...

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... spent his time in jail educating himself and learning more about the black Muslims, who advocated racial separation. When Malcolm was released in 1952, he joined a Black Muslim temple in Detroit and became the most prominent spokesperson for the Nation of Islam by the early 1960's. It was then that he took the name of Malcolm X. Ultimately he became a towering icon ... ...

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... him. Eventually he moved to Harlem away from his sister in Boston. At first Malcom worked a steady job in a restaurant, everyone liked him and he was soon given the nickname "Detroit Red." A few months later, he ruined his honest job when he tried to proposition an undercover police officer with a prostitute. After this, he went to work hustling drugs, which eventually ... ...

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... " who wanted to enslave all non-whites. The 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. He took the name X because his present last name was the last name of the slave master who freed their slave and since the slave ... ...

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... preached hatred toward the white man, he still managed to gain a following, using this hatred. He continued these preaching's and was credited for establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm was soon appointed minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He would utilize media filters such as , radio, newspapers , and the television ... ...

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... , nor can they be alone with any man other than their husbands. The Original Nation of Islam was founded in 1930 by Wallace Dodd Fard (Wali Farad0, a silk salesman, in Detroit, Michigan. He formed an organization that accepted only blacks and taught the "true religion" was Islam--religion of a black man; from Asia and Africa; Asiatic is what some of them ... ...

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... by white people. Articulate and Intelligent, Malcolm was appointed minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam along with the task of establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, MI and Harlem, NY. Malcolm's great side showed through when he utilized newspapers, radio, and television in order to bring attention to the NOI and deliver the message to the ... ...

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... he wasn't there. Throughout his life he had categorized different parts with different names. For example as a child he was Malcom Little, as a young man he was referred to as Detroit Red. This is when he lived in the city and before he even had any sense of the man he was to become. Red had his hands into everything, he ... ...

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... for armed robbery. While in prison Malcolm converted to the Nation of Islam and later changed his name to Malcolm X and became the Assistant Minister of the Nation of Islam's Detroit Temple. In 1963 the Nation of Islam orders Malcolm X to be silent concerning President Kennedy's assassination. This led him to start his own Organization, which was Muslim Mosque and also ... ...

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... " who wanted to enslave all non-whites. The 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. He took the name X because his present last name was the last name of the slave master who freed their slave and since the slave ... ...

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