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Autobiography of Malcolm X

He begins making frequent trips to Harlem, New York. Even in Harlem, he continues his criminal behavior. He gets caught trying to give an undercover cop a prostitute's number but he is released due to lack of evidence. Now it is 1945 and Malcolm is committing armed robberies and soon peddles bootleg liquor. He returns to Boston when he is being given death threats. He resumes his life of crime to his sisters surprise. When Malcolm attempts to repair a stolen watch, he is caught and arrested. Malcolm is sentenced to ten years. Malcolm's atheistic rantings in prison gave him the nickname "Satan". All of his brother and sisters have converted to Islam and they want Malcolm to convert as well. He is encouraged to stop eating and pork and smoking. He declines. He is moved to a rehabilitation prison. His sister visits him and tells him of Muhammad's black pride preachings. Malcolm is willing to accept the teachings killing his satan nickname. He then studies on Muhammad's teachings. Malcolm is transformed by what he reads. He was amazed at everything he read and he decided to convert to Islam. After Malcolm got out of jail, he wanted to show that he was totally committed to the Nation of Islam. Malcolm meet the leader, Elijah Muhammad quickly becomes Elijah Muhammad right hand man. Malcolm then changes his name and his identity from Malcolm little to Malcolm X o to symbolize the lost African name that he claims he never knew. Malcolm preaches anti-white sermons and he rallies against white people talking about the oppression from slavery has stuck around. He gets a reputation as being a really violent man. He is appointed a church that he can call his own. He has definitely changed from his years of crime to preaching what he believes in. Him and his follower are known as black supremacists. When JFK was shot, Malcolm was asked to comment about it and he said" the chickens come out to roost". He is then suspended from the Nation of Islam which saddens him deeply.


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The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm, like thousands of others of his generation, grew up during the Great Depression. A time that was hard on everyone economically, but that carried an even greater racial burden on African Americans. From early childhood, Malcolm had memories of Ku Klux Klan members tormenting his mother. They were in search of his father, who they claimed was "'spreading trouble' among "good- Negroes of Omaha ... right!' or I never thought of that,- page 169. The words and teaching made so much sense to Malcolm who had lost himself in the sex, drugs, and money littering t...

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7. The Impact and Legacy of Malcolm X

... moment in his life saying, "Even at that young age, I just couldn't believe in the Christian concept of Jesus as someone divine, and no religious person, until I was a man in my twenties and then in prison could tell me anything" (Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X1). Malcolm Little was a victim to racist actions, which destabilized his family. A white supremacists group murdered ... Malcolm Little's father as a result of his support for civil rights. Mrs. Little became widowed, struggled to make money, and was deemed unfit to care for ... sober person and Muslim. Malcolm X's great so...

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9. Malcolm X

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