Malcolm X
Born May 19, 1925 Omaha,
Nebraska
Died February 21, 1965
New York, New York
Black Muslim leader
Malcolm X was one of the most charismatic and controversial public figures of the 1960s. As a minister in the Nation of Islam (also known as the Black Muslims), an American religious sect, he preached that whites were "devils" and supported the separation of the races. After breaking with the organization, he traveled to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam, located in Saudi Arabia. His experiences during this journey changed his thinking. He became more optimistic about finding a common ground between the races. Along with other leaders of the decade, including President John F. Kennedy (1917–1963; served 1961–63; see entry), Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968; see entry), and Robert Kennedy (1925–1968), he was killed by assassin bullets.
Tragic Childhood
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 19, 1925. His father Earl, a Baptist minister, was a civil rights activist. Earl was a supporter of Marcus Garvey (1887–1940), who was then leading a "back to Africa" movementamong African Americans. When Malcolm was six years old, Earl Little's lifeless body was discovered stretched across trolley tracks in Lansing, Michigan, where the family had settled.
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