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Please click on link below and read article and watch the video on Malcolm X
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated
After reading the article, please write (at least) 100 word essay on the following questions. Who was Malcolm X? What was his real name? What were some of his beliefs? Why was he assassinated?
Due by February 24, 2012 by 10:00pm
"Malcolm X" was a name he was known as but he was born with the name Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska May 19, 1925. He was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He said: “I am not a racist... In the past I permitted myself to be used... to make sweeping indictments of all white people, the entire white race, and these generalizations have caused injuries to some whites who perhaps did not deserve to be hurt. Because of the spiritual enlightenment which I was blessed to receive as the result of my recent pilgrimage to the Holy City of Mecca, I no longer subscribe to sweeping indictments of any one race. I am now striving to live the life of a true Sunni Muslim. I must repeat that I am not a racist nor do I subscribe to the tenets of racism. I can state in all sincerity that I wish nothing but freedom, justice and equality, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.” (taken from:http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/47) He had grown frustrated with the non-violent, integrated struggle for civil rights and worried that blacks would ultimately lose control of their own movement. As Malcolm was giving a speech, he was shot 16 times up on stage.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm was the son of James Earl Little, a Baptist preacher who advocated the black nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey.Threats from the Ku Klux Klan forced the family to move to Lansing, Michigan, where his father continued to preach his controversial sermons. I can see now where Malcolm was influenced in public speaking.Malcolm was a smart, focused student. He graduated from junior high at the top of his class. However, when a favorite teacher told Malcolm his dream of becoming a lawyer was "no realistic goal for a nigger," Malcolm lost interest in school. He dropped out, spent some time in Boston, Massachusetts working various odd jobs, and then traveled to Harlem, New York where he committed petty crimes. By 1942 Malcolm was coordinating various narcotics, prostitution and gambling rings. In 1946 he was arrested and convicted on burglary charges, and Malcolm was sentenced to 10 years in prison. It was there he encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam, whose members are popularly known as Black Muslims. Malcolm then took the last name "X" to symbolize his stolen African identity. Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. At a speaking engagement in the Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965 three gunmen rushed Malcolm onstage. They shot him 15 times at close range. The legacy though of Malcolm X has moved through generations as the subject of numerous documentaries, books and movies.
ReplyDelete“Malcolm X” real government name was Malcolm little he was brought to this world in a place by the name of Nebraska, he was one of eight children his mother was only a housewife while his father was a very religious man from the Baptist church in fact he was a minister in their church. Malcolm was a man that believed in making things happen not just wanting without action "...Early in life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise." While being a young man he surely did make mistakes and his friend and him were charged of burglary and had to stay in jail for about 10 years minimum. Malcolm always said "I am not educated, nor am I an expert in any particular field... but I am sincere and my sincerity is my credential." Which also lead to Malcolm refusing to Muhammad’s offer to hide the affairs and subsequent children, Years later Malcolm stated "Human rights are something you were born with.Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth." And that time Muhammad did not approve to anything Malcolm believed in and because big enemies, furthermore Malcolm was shot 15 times the X in his name represents his nationality. Malcolm was an inspiring man with lots of beliefs sand never gave up on them.
ReplyDeleteBorn Malcolm Little (also know as El-Jajj Malik El-Shabazz) in May 19, 1925was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. There where detractors who accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, anti-Semitism, and violence. He’s also been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. By the early 1960s, he had grown frustrated with the non-violent, integrated struggle for civil rights and worried that blacks would ultimately lose control of their own movement. In February 1965, he was killed by members of the Nation of Islam; Malcolm had recently left the organization. But even in death, his teachings lived on in the rhetoric of other black power organizations including the Black Panther Party.As a young man, Malcolm Little, later renamed Malcolm X, drifted between Boston and New York City, cultivating his image as "Detroit Red," a dapper pimp and a dangerous hustler. While in prison for robbery, he educated himself and converted to the Muslim faith. Upon release, Malcolm became active in the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim organization committed to black uplift. He quickly rose to the rank of National Minister, speaking on behalf of the organization in cities across the country.
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Malcom X was admired around the country and the African American in New York. He was a nationalist for African Americans and a religious leader. Malcom Little was his real name; he used "X" as his last name to represent his stolen identity. When he was sent to jail on a burglary conviction, he was brought upon the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. Theft were very known as being immortal "devils". Due to being encountered by his teachings he entered into a program of self-educated. Malcom X had become one of the dangerous men in the United States. He returned to America and found out that his former unity was the greatest foe of the African American. One week after his home was destroyed, he was shot to death by his own members.
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ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska May 19, 1995 and died on February 21, 1965. He was an African American Musulmin minister, human right activist and a black leader for the Nation of Islam.
Malcolm X was not his his real name, his real name was Malcolm Little.
A lot of people were acusing him of racism and violence. He is one of the most Affrican Americans in all the history.
After being in prision he went for more than 2 years to Africa, when he came back to Unites States he founded the Musilim Mosque Inc. and leave the National Islam, six month later, three members of the Nation of Islam assassinated him on a speach that he was giving.
Malcolm X was an African American nationalist and religious leader, a Nation of Islam ministers an, orator, and an autobiographer. Malcolm X was originally born Malcolm Little (and later known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz) in Omaha, Nebraska, on 19 May 1925, Malcolm X was the fourth of eight children of the Reverend Earl Little and his wife, Louise. He believed that Western nations were inherently racist and that black people must join together to build their own society. Malcolm X was assassinated because of racial issues. Some thought that he was trying to take money from the white men. That he was a threat to his leadership, and represented a threat to too many different interests.
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Malcolm X was a very prestigious man. He was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His birth name was Malcolm Little. He also changed his name to Malcolm X and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He was an African American nationalist, religious leader, and a human rights activist. At a very young age, his father was murdered and later his mother was placed in a mental hospital. At the age of 21, Malcolm X went to prison, and it was there, where he met Elijah Muhammad, the leader of Islam, known as Black Muslims. He was inspired by Elijah, became a member of the Nation of Islam, and began to develop a philosophy of human rights. His believes included self-defense and liberation where he encouraged African Americans to fight “by any means necessary.” After being suspended from the Nation of Islam by Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm founded the “Organization of Afro-American Unity” in 1964. On February 21, 1965 Malcolm X, age 39, was shot by a group of his members.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, well known as Malcolm 'X.' was a smart and focused young student but when his dreams and goals were crushed by one of his favorite teachers, he dropped out. He traveled to Harlem and he did a number of frivolous crimes. He and his friend (Malcolm Jarvis) moved to Boston. They were arrested and taken to prison. Malcolm was "self-enlightened" to the nation of islam. He was intrigued by their teachings. "Malcolm X advocated self-defense and the liberation of African Americans by any means necessary." 'X' was against racism and separatism. He also believed that "Human rights are something you were born with. Human rights are your God-given rights. Human rights are the rights that are recognized by all nations of this earth."
ReplyDeleteHe was becoming more effective than muhammad. Muhammad thought him too powerful. Malcolm resigned from the NOI and became Muslim. ..." in June 1964 founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated black identity and held that racism, not the white race, was the greatest foe of the African American." After his home was firebombed he was shot a week later.
Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little, and was also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm took the last name "X" to symbolize his stolen African identity. He was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Malcolm indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, anti-Semitism, and violence. His father was killed by white supremacists. Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. During a speech he was giving in 1965, three men shot Malcolm X fifteen times. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was a minister and Civil Rights Activist who taught a message of self-realization and personnel responsibility to many people. He was best known as Malcolm X, he lived up to three different respective names Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. His views that the Western nations were racist and the black people must gather together to form their own society, had an immense influence on Black Nationalists and the black separatist movements of the 1950s and 1960s. His teachings in which he significantly raised the awareness of African Americans in the United States and his ideals on interracial harmony. Malcolm X was originally born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. The racist society that produced and killed Malcolm X, some thought that he was trying to take money from the white men. This assassination destroying what he could have been. He had the greatest leadership potential of any person to emerge directly from the black public.
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Malcolm X was an African American nationalist and religious leader who was assassinated on February 21, 1965. Malcolm X’s real name was Malcolm Little, and he was also born in Omaha, Nebraska to his father James Earl Little a Baptist preacher who advocated the Black Nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. X’s beliefs were originally that he advocated self-defense and the liberation of African Americans by “any means necessary,” but later he would advocate black identity and he held that racism was the greatest foe toward of African Americans, not white people. Malcolm X was assassinated by the party that he had once supported; the Nation of Islam possibly had killed X because its leader thought that Malcolm had become too powerful in the community.
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Malcolm X AKA Malcolm Little was an African American nationalist and religious leader who was fighting for equal rights for all colors and races. Just like Martin Luther King Jr, he fought for freedom and he believed that everyone deserved equal rights in everything that they do. Malcolm X argued: "The American black man should be focusing his every effort toward building his own businesses, and decent homes for himself. As other ethnic groups have done, let the black people, wherever possible, patronize their own kind, and start in those ways to build up the black race's ability to do for itself. That's the only way the American black man is ever going to get respect. One thing the white man never can give the black man is self-respect! The black man never can be become independent and recognized as a human being who is truly equal with other human beings until he has what they have, and until he is doing for himself what others are doing for themselves. The black man in the ghettoes, for instance, has to start self-correcting his own material, moral and spiritual defects and evils. The black man needs to start his own program to get rid of drunkenness, drug addiction, prostitution. The black man in America has to lift up his own sense of values." - Taken from http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAmalcolmX.htm
ReplyDeleteThis is what he believed that the black man should do, and what they needed to learn from this society. The nation of Islam were responsible for Malcolm X's death since they viewed him as a disgrace for disrespecting his culture and the things he has done.
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ReplyDeleteBorn Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925 a Black Nationalist leader with a powerful charismatic approach for the world of Islam was best known as Malcolm X. He was an African American Civil Rights leader who fought with aggression for civil rights. His father was murdered and his mother was sent to a mental hospital. In 1946, he was arrested for burglary and while in prison he changed his life to Islam to better his life and became a minister to the Nation of Islam. In March of 1964, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam when Elijah Muhammad suspended him from his comments he made about John F. Kennedy’s assassination being a “case of chickens coming to roost.” When he left he made his own religious organization called “Organization of Afro-American Unity” where after a pilgrimage to Mecca he rejected his beliefs and argued for the world of brotherhood. Malcolm X believed that the Western culture was to blame for racism and the African Americans should join together with the whites to bring this to an end. He said “That's the only way the American black man is ever going to get respect. One thing the white man never can give the black man is self-respect!" On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated because he left the Nation of Islam and three members from the organization killed him in result.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American religious leader. His real name was Malcolm Little his father was a preacher and was killed by the white supremacist Black Legion. Malcolm was separated from his family soon after. He dropped out of high school and soon after that went to prison where he met Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm learned from Muhammad teaches by the time he came out of prison he was a loyal minister of Nation of Islam. He became a hit the Nation of Islam went from 500 people to 30,000 with Malcolm preaching. He believed in self-defense and the liberation of African Americans "by any means necessary." Malcolm decided to leave the Nation of Islam when he found out that Muhammad was not practicing what he was preaching he was having relations with women and having children with them and he asked Malcolm to help him cover it up. When Malcolm left he went to Mecca, Saudi Arabia for awhile then came back with a different mind set. He preached to all races not only African Americans. Muhammad did not like the fact that Malcolm left so he tried to kill him. On February 21, 1965 Malcolm was assassinated by Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson in Manhattan they were convicted of first-degree murder in March 1966.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X is an african american nationalist and religious leader who was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His real name is Malcolm Little son of James Earl Little. His beliefs, which he found in his 6 year prison term, was following the beliefs of the nation of Islam. During the time there were a lot of religious groups and white supremacist, as Malcolm steadily gained followers in his Afro American Group KKK members and even members of Islamic beliefs tried assassinating him, they firebombed his house and failed but Malcolm was later shot to death on February 21, 1965.
ReplyDeleteBorn of the name Malcolm Little Malcolm X is an african american nationalist and religious leader and was born in Omaha, Nebraska.Once he was arrested for burglary he got sent to prison once there he became familiar with the works of Muhammad which was a Muslim prophe. Once he left prison he became an avid member of the Islam community and a civil rights advocate for African Americans. He, unlike Martin Luther King Jr., thought that the rights should be attained through any means possible. Sadly because of his beliefs he was shot and assassinated on February 21, 1965.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American Muslim Teacher and a major part of the Civil Rights Movement. “He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history”. He had a rough upbringing and at the age of 20, he went to prison for breaking and entering. In Prison, he became a member of the Nation of Islam. He changed his name a number of times. However, his original name was Malcolm Little. Malcolm X believed that racism was very wrong. However, he wasn’t just going to sit back and take abuse and cruelty. He felt that we should fight back and make them understand that we were people to. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, Antisemitism, and violence. Most believe that he was assassinated because he left the nation of Islam because he no longer believed in their teachings.
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Malcolm litte later known as Malcom X, and was also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He took the letter "X" to symbolize his African identity. Malcom was an African American Muslim minister also a human rights fighter. Malcolm advocated self-defense and the liberation of African Americans by any means .In June 1964 Malcom started an Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated black identity and held that racism, not the white race, was the greatest foe of the African American in the following year during a speech Malcom X was giving in 1965, three men shot Malcolm X fifteen times which caused his death. Malcom little has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history that will always be remembered.
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Malcolm Little was his original name before he was known as "Malcolm X". Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. He was the son Of Baptist preacher James Earl Little. In 1937 Malcolm was taken from his family by welfare caseworkers. When Malcolm was the age of a high school student he already had dropped out of school and moved to Boston where he had become a criminal and had been arrested a few times. He believed in Elijah Muhammad's philosophy and started sharing his beliefs. Which later got him suspended from the Nation of Islam because they believed he became to powerful.
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ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Intelligent and articulate, Malcolm was appointed as a minister and national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad also charged him with establishing new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York. Malcolm utilized newspaper columns, as well as radio and television to communicate the NOI's message across the United States. His charisma, drive and conviction attracted an astounding number of new members. Malcolm was largely credited with increasing membership in the NOI from 500 in 1952 to 30,000 in 1963. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. Detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm Little was an African American nationalist and religious leader in New York City. He was the son of James Earl Little who was a Baptist preacher. After entering an intense program of self-education, he changed his name to Malcolm X to symbolize his stolen African American identity. After spending 6 years in prison, he became a loyal and effective minister in the Nation of Islam in New York. In the 1960's he developed an outspoken philosophy of Elijah Muhammad. Muhammad suspended Malcolm X from the Nation of Islam because he was becoming too powerful. After leaving the organization, he made a Muslim pilgrimage where he was affected by the lack of racial discord. He returned to America with the name of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. In June of 1964, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity. This advocated black identity and held the racism, not the white race. In February of 1965, while speaking at a rally about his organization in New York, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members one week after his home was firebombed.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an african American nationalist and religious leader who was born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. He was the son of James Earl Little, a baptist preacher who advocated the black nationalist ideals. When Malcolm went to jail in 1945, for a burglary conviction, it was there that he encountered the teachings of Elijh Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam advocated black nationalism and racial separatism and condemned Americans of European descent as immoral "devils." Malcolm was asasinated on February 21 1965, a week after his home as firebombed, he was shot by a member of the Nation of Islam, most probably because they were jealous of his popularity and attention.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American religious leader and he was also a nationalist. Malcolm X was born with the name Malcolm Little. Malcolm was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925 and was born into a family that advocated Black Nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. Due to their beliefs they were forced to move to Lansing, Michigan, where his father continued to preach his sermons despite continuing threats. On February 21, 1965, X was shot to death by Nation of Islam member. Malcolm was assassinated while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
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Malcolm X was a Civil Rights activist who publicly voiced the Black Muslim faith. He was a religious leader and an advocator of self-defense. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925 as Malcolm Little. He changed his name to Malcolm X because he rejected his slave name. Malcolm X believed that everyone should have the same rights. He believed that every African-American man should have self-respect because that’s not something that can be given. He believed that every man is responsible for their own values. Malcom X was assassinated by Nation of Islam members because he made a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and returned as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The Nation of Islam members shot him because they felt that he had disgraced the Islam community.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American Muslim Teacher and Civil Rights activist. He was born in Omaha Nebraska in 1925 as Malcom Little. He later changed his name to Malcom X to symbolize his stolen African identity. As a black African American his family and he went through a lot of discrimination. His father was killed because he was black which will play a large part in his new religion. He had a rough upbringing and at the age of 20, he was sent to prison for burglary. In Prison, he became a member of the Nation of Islam. In June 1964 Malcom started an Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated black identity and held that racism, not the white race. Malcom X was assassinated by Nation of Islam members because he made a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and returned as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. The Nation of Islam members shot him because they felt that he had disgraced the Islam community.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm Little, also known as Malcolm X was a a muslim teacher and civil rights activist. He was taught the beliefs of Elijah Muhammad while serving 6 months in jail for burglary. These teachings changed his life and as soon as he was released he decided to become a muslim teacher. his new religion went hand and hand with the civil rights beliefs he had. he fought for African Americans to be free until the day he died. He was murdered by his fellow Muslims during a rally in New York city. i personally think he was assassinated because they were worried that he was becoming to powerful.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, well known as Malcolm 'X.' He took the letter "X" to symbolize his African identity. Malcolm X was the fourth of eight children of the Reverend Earl Little and his wife, Louise. He was a very smart student then his dreams were crushed by a teacher. Malcolm was "self-enlightened" to the nation of islam. At the age of 21, Malcolm X went to prison, and it was there, where he met Elijah Muhammad, the leader of Islam, known as Black Muslims. During a speech he was giving in 1965, three men shot Malcolm X fifteen times. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history.
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Malcolm Little was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was an African American nationalist and religious leader. But before he became all of those things he was a criminal and was arrested for stealing. In prison is where he changed his name and faith. He changed his name to Malcolm X to symbolize his stolen African identity. He was released from prison 6 years later and became a leader for African American rights. He advocated self-defense and the liberation of African Americans "by any means necessary." African Americans really liked his fiery attitude and many supported and loved him. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. He is a very important figure in the history of the U.S. and will always be missed.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was born on May 19th, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska. He was a controversial African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To many, he was a courageous advocate for the human rights of African Americans, a man who portrayed white America in the harshest light for its crimes against black Americans. While to his detractors he was preaching racism, black supremacy, and violence. For many he became the hero of American history and one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He was born Malcolm Little, to Earl Little and Louise Norton Little. Malcolm was also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm believed in separatism, in which blacks should be living separate from whites in the USA.Malcolm X's despair about life was reflected in his angry,pessimistic belief that equality is impossible because whites have no moral conscience. Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965. He was only 39 when he was killed and it was not surprising that Malcolm’s move toward a more inclusive revolutionary movement made him an increasingly important target of state forces such as the FBI and CIA. There is also glaring evidence that such forces were involved in his assassination. Other persons were sought in the plot police described as an apparent outgrowth of the 15-month feud between Malcolm X and the Black Muslims headed by Elijah Muhammad in Chicago. Police, however, did not report any evidence of a link between the assassins and Muhammad’s faithful.When Malcolm X rejected Elijah Muhammad's race-based teachings and embraced traditional Islam, some of Elijah Muhammad's followers targeted him for assassination.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American nationalist and religious leader. His real name is Malcolm Earl. Some of Malcolms beliefs included Islam. He encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. He later followed Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. He was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while he was in the process of talking to his organization of afro-american unity in Washington Heights. he was assassinated because he was changing the world and many people did not agree with what he was doing.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was a name he was known as but he was born with the name Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska May 19, 1925. He was an African American Muslim Teacher and Civil Rights activist.He believed that the Western nations were racist and the black people must gather together to form their own society,He believed that every African-American man should have self-respect because that’s not something that can be given.Muhammad did not approve to anything Malcolm believed in and because they were big enemies,Malcolm was shot 15 times the X in his name represents where he came from and who he is. A great heroic independent self thought man.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X aka Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska May 19, 1925. He was a man of strong speeches and movements, he wanted to prove the world something, I personally think he shouldn't have been assinated, he really influenced other people and his books and speeches changed people's life still.. for example the greatest, Muhmammad Ali. It's a shame they killed him that bad, 15 shots to the body leaving him in a pool of a blood, it only takes one man to start a movement, Malcolm X has something to prove.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X is an african american nationalist and religious leader. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. His real name is Malcolm Earl. Malcom also went by three diferent other names Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. When he went to jail in 1945, he encountered the teachings of Elijh Muhammad. The Nation of Islam advocated black nationalism and racial separatism and condemned Americans of European descent as immoral "devils." On February 21, 1965, X was shot to death by Nation of Islam member. The Nation of Islam members shot him because they felt that he had disgraced the Islam community.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African nationalist and religious leader. He was born in Omaha Nebraska with the name Malcolm Little. After he was sent to prison for burglary he became exposed to the teachings of Elijah Muhammad who was the leader of the Islam nation. After 6 years of being in prison, he became a religious man and a leader for African American rights. His views and beliefs were that African Americans were to take their rights "by any means possible." But of course not many people agreed with what he had in mind, being the reason for his assassination.
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Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, well known as Malcolm 'X.' He took the letter "X" to symbolize his African identity. He was an African American Muslim minister, human right activist and a black leader for the Nation of Islam. His beliefs caused him a 6 year prison term. During the time there were a lot of religious groups and white supremacist, as Malcolm steadily gained followers in his Afro American Group, KKK members and even members of Islamic beliefs tried assassinating him, they firebombed his house and failed but Malcolm was later shot to death on February 21, 1965.
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ReplyDeleteMalcolm X (also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) was an African American nationalist, religious leader, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was admired by the African American community in New York and around the country. Unlike other civil rights leaders, he would use any means necessary for self-defense. Although he was called Malcolm X, his real name was Malcolm Little. Some of Malcolm’s beliefs were in the Islamic religion and the Civil Rights movement. He was assassinated because he was dismissed from the nation of Islam, but was still involved in it; so three people from the group shot him to death while he was speaking in a rally.
Malcolm X was an American religious leader; Malcolm’s real name is Malcolm Little. He believed in self-defense and the liberation of African Americans, he had an organization of Afro- American unity. He became a loyal and effective minister of the nation of Islam in Harlem he also began a more developed philosophy. Malcolm X was admired by African American s but was assassinated while speaking at a rally of his organization by rival black Muslims who wanted to suspend him from the nation of Islam because they believed that Malcolm had become too powerful. Many followed in his beliefs and admired his work and support to African Americans.
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Malcolm X a.k.a Malcolm Little, was an African American nationalist and religious leader. He was a man that had many beliefs and practiced a few things in his lifetime. While growing up his life was pretty rough. His family had to move because of their beliefs and to avoid threats of the Ku Klux Klan. After his family moved Lansing, Michigan his family continued to receive threats but from the group called “The Black Legion”. Eventually, his father would be brutally murder by the same group. Malcolm X would soon drop out of school and end up in prison for burglary. In prison he received teachings of the Muslim practice for Elijah Muhammad. X also believed in the rights of African Americans. Malcolm X would be assassinated on February 21, 1965 by the group “Nation of Islam” because of his beliefs and their leader, Elijah Muhammad thought that he was too powerful.
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An African American nationalist and religious leader was known as Malcom X. His real name was Malcom Little but was also also known as Detroit Red, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, and Omowale.During his time threw Boston and New York City he cultivated his image as "Detroit Red," a dapper pimp and a dangerous hustler. Malcolm was the son of James Earl Little, a Baptist preacher who advocated the black nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. Malcolm went from being a young street wise Boston hoodlum to becoming one of the most prominent black nationalist leaders in the United States. He grew frustrated with the non-violent and worried that blacks would ultimately lose control of their own movement. Malcolm supported black people learning more about their African ancestry and building their self-esteem. He supported defending yourself against white mobs. He supported spirituality and not using drugs or alcohol, eating healhy, being faithful to your spouse, etc. when murdered, he became considered by some as a martyr of Islam and a champion of equality. He was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights.
Malcom X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a Muslim Minister and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also founder of the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. He was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week. Undercover FBI agents warned officials that Malcolm X had been marked for assassination. One officer undercover with the Nation of Islam is said to have reported that he had been ordered to help plant a bomb in Malcolm's car.
ReplyDeleteTensions increased between Malcolm and the Nation of Islam. It was assumed that orders were given by leaders of the Nation of Islam to kill Malcolm; in The Autobiography of Malcolm X, he says that as early as 1963, a member of the Seventh Temple confessed to him having received orders from the Nation of Islam to kill him
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This article is about a man named Malcolm X. Malcolm X was a religious leader, a philosopher, a Muslim minister and a human rights activist. He is a man who did great things in order to support the rights of African Americans. His real name was Malcolm Little, but after changing his name to Malcolm X, he went on a Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and returned with the name of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He believed in self-defense and the liberation of African Americans "by any means necessary." On February 21, 1965, he was assassinated by Islam members because they believed that he had become way too powerful.
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Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925, Malcolm was the son of James Earl Little. Malcolm X's real name was Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was a black leader who, as a key spokesman for the Nation of Islam, epitomized the "Black Power" philosophy. While in prison for robbery, he educated himself and converted to the Muslim faith. Upon release, Malcolm became active in the Nation of Islam, a black Muslim organization committed to black uplift. Malcolm X was killed because of alleged problems between he and the Nation of Islam.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was a fearless fighter against segregation. To the many that celebrated his radical move from racial separation to racial integration while in Mecca he was El-Hajj Malik El- Shabazz. Malcolm X was a man that could change directions on a dime, or was he a man that didn't have any real identity or direction. Malcolm X led many people to join the Nation of Islam and used his gift of gab to build temples all over the country, then discovered that his leader was human and had human failings and just as quick started a revolution against him, trying to destroying the same organization that he helped build. Malcolm X was assassinated because of racial issues and the people thought that he was threat to them.
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Malcolm X was an African American nationalist and Muslim minister. His real name was Malcolm Little, but he was also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. During his trip to Mecca, Malcolm discovers that whites and blacks can live together. He believed that he has been too narrow minded and begins excepting whites. He realizes that it is not the color of someones skin but their character that should determine if they are good or bad. He was assassinated because he was dismissed from the nation of Islam, but was still involved in it. He was shot to death while speaking in a rally in New York City.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American from Omaha, Nebraska. He had a rough time growing up and lost his father at an early age. Him and his family were threatened many times by the Ku Klux Klan and were forced to move to Michigan but the threats never stopped. At the age of 21 Malcolm was sent to jail for conviction of burglary. When released from prison 6 years later he became a loyal and effective minister along side Martin Luther King Jr., they together created a self-defense and the liberation of African Americans “by all means necessary”. He was admired and looked up to by the African American community and eventually around the world. Later on the Islam religion he was part of thought he became too powerful and suspended him from their religion. After he formally left the religion and took a pilgrimage to Mecca. He came back to the United States as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Sadly, while speaking out at a rally in New York he was shot to death.
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ReplyDeleteMalcom Little was bored in 1925 in Nebraska. He was an African American nationalist and religious leader as well. His father was also a preacher so that is probably where he adopted his religious beliefs and how it affected the way he thought. He is more commonly known as Malcom X. He was in contrast to Martin Luther King Jr. About the way African Americans needed to approach the situation they were in. Malcom X thought they needed to do it by any means necessary. Malcom X was at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. He was talking about his Organization of Afro-Ametican Unity when he was assassinated. He was murdered by a rival member of nation of Islam black Muslim. Malcom X is very well known and important in history.
Malcolm X was an African American nationalist and a minister for the Nation of Islam. His real name was Malcolm Little but he changed his last name to X to signify his stolen African identity. Malcolm X was a civil right leader but unlike Martin Luther King Jr. he believed in self-defense and thought of the civil rights movement as a war to be won “by any means necessary." When he was 21, Malcolm was sent to jail for burglary. There he encountered the teachings of The Nation of Islam. 6 years later he was released from prison and became a minister for the nation of Islam who believed that White people of European decent should be condemned. Later on, Malcolm went on a pilgrimage to mecca and was moved by the lack of racism there. When he came back to America he founded the Afro-American unity and believed that racism and not the white people, was the real enemy. On February 21 1965 Malcolm X was shot to death by members of the Nation of Islam.
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Malcolm X was an African American nationalist and a religious leader as well. His real name was Malcolm Little but changed his last name to "X" to symbolize his stolen African identity. His father was a Baptist preacher which is where he got his religious outspoken beliefs from. He spoke for the Nation of Islam. He went to jail for burglary but while he was there he became greatly influenced by the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. When he was released he felt that Elijah Muhammad's teachings did not stand up enough to support the civil rights movement. He made accusations about the presidents murder and Elijah thought Malcolm had become too powerful so he suspended him for the Nation of Islam. While he was giving a speech, Malcolm X was assassinated by Nation of Islam members because they felt that he was a threat to them.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He has been called one of the greatest African Americans in history. His real name was Malcom Little but he took the last name "X" to symbolize his stolen african identity. When he was 21 he went to jail where he learned about Elijah Muhammads beliefs and was influenced by them. He taught black supremacy and encouraged the separation of black and white people. He began to make a more detailed philosophy than Elijah Muhammads because he felt it didnt completely support the civil rights movement. Malcolm X was assassinated by rival Black Muslims while giving a speech in New York City, he was shot 16 times.
ReplyDeleteMalcolm X was an African'American nationalist & relisious leader. Born Malcolm Little, he found himself moving multiple time as a child, including after his father's death. He soon adopted a life of crime which eventually landed him in jail. Whil ethere, he met Elijah Muhammadand became both a black separatist and black muslim. he even changed his last name to "X" to symbolize his stolen African identity. Once freed, he preached separation and liberation for blacks "by any means necessary." After being suspended from his duty and taking a trip, Malcolm came back with a new, less violent message. This mewssage had him assassinated by a rival black muslim group while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City.
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