Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of... Wikipedia
Born: May 19, 1925, Omaha, NE
Assassinated: February 21, 1965, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY
Children: Malikah Shabazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, Attallah Shabazz, and more
Education: Mason High School (1939–1941), Pleasant Grove Elementary School, and West Junior High School
Spouse: Betty Shabazz (m. 1958–1965)
Parents: Earl Little and Louise Little
Siblings: Reginald Little, Wilfred X, Ella Collins, and more
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In prison, he joined the Nation of Islam, adopting the name Malcolm X to symbolize his unknown African ancestral surname while discarding "the white slavemaster ...
As the nation's most visible proponent of Black Nationalism, Malcolm X's challenge to the multiracial, nonviolent approach of Martin Luther King, Jr., helped ...