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Malcolm X

Why is Malcolm X famous?

The main reason as to why Mr.Malcolm X was famous was because he was an civil rights leader, important in the nation of islam.

Interesting Qualities about Malcolm X

Interesting qualities about Malcolm x is that he was ¨A

naturally gifted orator.¨ And also that he´ll use by any means necessary including using violence to be given the rights that they deserve.One lasts thing about Malcolm was that his speeches were very heated over time.(biography.com)

Malcolm X life timeline.

  • 1925,Malcolm grows up listening to his fathers preach.
  • 1931,Malcolm´s father died in Lansing, Michigan.
  • 1938-1941,Malcolm faces difficult times in his childhood.
  • 1941, Malcolm moves to boston to live with his half sister Ella.
  • 1943-1946, Malcolm becomes a hustler in Harlem, New York.
  • 1946, Malcolm is arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison.
  • 1947-1952, In prison malcolm becomes an avid reader and converts to Islam.
  • 1952, Malcolm hears Elijah Muhammand speak.
  • 1954,Malcolm becomes a minister of New York Temple Number seven.
  • 1958, Malcolm X marries sister betty X on january 14.
  • 1964, Malcolm breaks with the Nation of Islam and goes to Mecca.
  • 1965, Malcolm X is assasinated in harlem.

Information on malcolm X

DOB: May 19, 1925.

DOD: Feb 21, 1965.

  • Malcolm was born in Omaha, Nabraska.
  • Malcolms dad, Earl Little was a preacher

and also the president of U.N.I.A. His moms name

was Louise Little, and he had two siblings.

On September in 1931 Malcolms father Earl died by being crushed by a trolley and there were rumors around stating that it wasnt an accident, while louise and her children were devastated. Louise little not being able to get over her husbands death got sent to a mental hospial for 26 years.Malcolm and his brothers no being able to take care of themselves got split up into foster homes.

Sources Used.

Book name: Malcolm X a fire burning.

Author: Walter Dean Myers- Leonard Jenkins.

-Biography.com

malcolm X video

https://youtu.be/Awg_62EbZ60

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