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He spoke out as a public voice of Black Muslim faith.

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- his father was killed when he was 6 years old
- his mother was placed in a mental hospital when he was 13 years old
- he then lived in a series of foster homes

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- February 21st 1965 Malcolm was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims.

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- he was assassinated by three members of the nation of Islam
- Washington Heights, New York City, NY .

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He was a Black leader who,spoke for the Nation of Islam, epitomized the "Black Power" philosophy. By the early 1960´s he had grown frustrated with the nonviolent, integrated struggle for civil rights and worried that Blacks would  lose control of their own movement.

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-born May 19, 1925
-his full name is Malcolm Little
-an African American nationalist/ activist and religious leader.