Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in New York City. He was posthumously honored with Malcolm X Day.
About Malcolm X in brief
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He is best known for his time spent as a vocal spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965, in New York City. He was posthumously honored with Malcolm X Day, on which he is commemorated in various cities across the United States. Hundreds of streets and schools in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, while the Audubon Ballroom, the site of his assassination, was partly redeveloped in 2005 to accommodate the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. His father was a local leader of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. His mother Louise believed Earl had been murdered by the Black Legion, a white racist group. Malcolm later said that white violence killed four of his father’s brothers. Malcolm’s mother Louise had a nervous breakdown and was committed to Kalamazoo Hospital in 1938. Malcolm attended West Junior High School in Lansing, Michigan, but dropped out of high school after his teacher told him that practicing law was a realistic goal. He then attended Mason Mason High School and then Mason State College in Mason, Michigan. He graduated in 1941, but left high school in 1941 before graduating. He went on to study at the University of Michigan, where he was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and the Phi Delta Theta. He later became a minister at the Islamic Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Pan-African Organization of Afro-American Unity.
In the 1960s, Malcolm X began to grow disillusioned with the nation of Islam, as well as with its leader Elijah Muhammad. He subsequently embraced Sunni Islam and the civil rights movement after completing the Hajj to Mecca, and became known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. After a brief period of travel across Africa, he publicly renounced the Nation and founded the Islamic Muslims Mosque. In 1964, he was repeatedly sent death threats, and he was killed by three Nation members on February 21, 1965. His death has been speculated about for decades by the FBI, the NAACP, and other groups. The FBI has never been able to determine who was responsible for the murder of Malcolm X, or if it was the work of other members of the Nation, or with the help of other law enforcement agencies. The case has been referred to as the “Nation of Islam vs. the FBI” case, and the FBI has not ruled out the possibility that Malcolm X may have been killed by the Nation’s members or by other members, or that the Nation members were involved in the assassination. Malcolm was born May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Grenada-born Louise Helen Little and Georgia-born Earl Little. When Malcolm was six, his father died in what has been officially ruled a streetcar accident, though his motherLouise believed Earl was murdered. Malcolm and his siblings were sent to foster homes and Malcolm secured her release 24 years later.
You want to know more about Malcolm X?
This page is based on the article Malcolm X published in Wikipedia (as of Jan. 09, 2021) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
