Malcolm X (1925-1965), African American civil rights leader, was a major 20th-century spokesman for black nationalism. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebr. His father, a Baptist minister, was an outspoken follower of...

Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, Malcolm X was the son of a freelance Baptist preacher who followed the teachings of black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Following threats on his father from the local Ku Klux Klan, Malcolm and his...

Malcolm X Born May 19, 1925 Omaha, Nebraska Died February 21, 1965 Harlem, New York African American advocate for black nationalism and Nation of Islam minister and spokesman The life of Malcolm X was a complex journey from rural schoolboy, to convicted...

Born May 19, 1925 Omaha,Nebraska Died February 21, 1965New York, New York Black Muslim leader Malcolm X. Malcolm X was one of the most charismatic and...

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz,[1] was an American Black Muslim minister and a one-time spokesman for the Nation of Islam. After leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he...

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Sen. Barack Obama's face is everywhere these days — on front pages and TV, magazine covers and blogs. But how well do people really know him? Obama, born in Hawaii, is the son of a white woman from Kansas and a black man from Kenya...

In the following essay, Illo analyzes and applauds Malcolm X's skill as an orator.

In the following essay, Flick and Powell explore Malcolm X's use of animal imagery in his rhetoric as a means of changing the prevailing conceptions held by black Americans about white Americans.

In the following essay, Roark outlines the use of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and William Shakespeare's Hamlet as a means of illustrating to students the effect of external influences on their perceptions of the world.

Compares and contrasts the views of African American leaders Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr during the Civil Rights movement in the 60s'.

Malcolm X's views of the white race as the effect of white actions.

Essay provides an analysis of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X."