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Malcolm X2

 

            
            
             May 19, 1925 - Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska .
             1940 - Drops out of school at age 15 .
             1946 - Convicted of burglary and sent to prison .
             1949 - 1951 - Studies the Nation of Islam .
             1952 - Leaves prison, dedicates himself to Nation of Islam, changes name to Malcolm X .
             Jan. 14, 1958 - Marries Betty X .
             Dec. 4, 1963 - Suspended from the Nation of Islam .
             March 1964 - Leaves Nation of Islam, starts the Muslim Mosque, Inc. .
             Apr. 22, 1964 - Makes his Hajj (holy pilgrimage) and becomes El-Hajj Malik al-Shabazz .
             Jun. 28, 1964 - Forms the Organization of Afro-American Unity .
             Jul. 17, 1964 - Speaks at the Organization of African Unity in Cairo .
             Aug. 13, 1964 - U.S. State and Justice Departments take notice of his influence on African leaders at the U.N. .
             Feb 21, 1965 - Al Hajj Malik assassinated in New York .
             Malcolm X was probably one of the most controversial elements in the civil rights movement. Malcolm X had become a member of the Nation of Islam in his earlier years. The Islamic faith borrows basic ideas from the orthodox teachings of Islam and combines them with the very racist views regarding whites taught by Elijah Mohammed. Malcolm was a very influential priest for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X questioned some of the views and beliefs of the Nation of Islam, which made Mr. Mohammed and the rest of the Nation angry. This forced Malcolm to travel on a journey overseas to find out what his true beliefs were. When he reached Arabia, he found that it was a different society than that of which Elijah Mohammed had described it. Malcolm discovered that race played no role in determining a person's status in society. Viewing this made a positive change in Malcolm X's beliefs and views. This unity of human kind made Malcolm think and change his ideas about the solution to the racial problem in America. This was the most influential turning point in his life. .
             Malcolm first adopted his views and beliefs of the Nation of Islam while he was serving time in prison.


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