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1952 - He changes his name to Malcolm X and joins the Nation of Islam before his release from prison
1954 - Elijah Muhammad ( the leader of The Nation of Islam) makes Malcolm X chief minister of Harlem's Temple No. 7
1957 - A member of the New York Temple is beaten by police.  Malcolm X sues New York City and wins the largest settlement in its history.  Media covers this and brings nation attention to Malcolm, which also brings the attention of the FBI.
1964 - Malcolm is in Washington observing a filibuster against the civil rights bill.  He meets MLK there.  MLK thought that Malcolm had made a great disservice to there people due to Malcolm's dramatic alternative to MLK"s peaceful means.
1964 - He founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Which identified racism. His more moderate philosophy became influential among member of the SNCC.
1965 - Tensions growing between The Nation of Islam ( which he left ) and him caused his assassination.  He was delivering a lecture in Harlem.

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On his quest for justice he opposed the peaceful protest and the nonviolence from MLK. He urged his followers to defend themselves " by any means necessary". He provided the foundations needed for the Black Power and other black movements. He helped change the terms people in America were using to refer to African Americans like " negro " or " coloured " to more " appropriate " terms like " black" and " Afro-American". Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 by three members of the Nation of Islam. Tensions between Malcolm and the Nation grew and that occurred death threats to be sent to him. The reason why he left the Nation of Islam is because him and his friend Elijah Muhammad didn't agree on where the Nation was headed. He would be remembered for many things but most of all he showed the great lengths to which a human will go fro his/her freedom.

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Quote relating to freedom - " It is only after slavery and prison that the sweetest appreciation of freedom can come".
Quote on your enemies - " Anytime you relay on your enemy for a job you're in bad shape".
Quote on everything in life - " The main thing you got to remember is that everything in the world is a hustle".

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Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and a human rights activist.  Malcolm had a very rough upbringing.  He lost his father at an early age and his mother was in a mental institution by the time he was 13.  He excelled in school but later lost interest cause of one of his teachers.  He became a troubling kid during his teenage years. He later got involved in criminal activities like drug dealing and leader of a gang.  Just like MLK they both had a goal, seek justice for the mistreatment of African Americans and the injustices of the system.  However, they had very different ways on how that could be accomplished.
The reason why I chose Malcolm X is because he was a very controversial figure. He was more on the violence side of things. He didn't think peaceful protest were going to work, so he decided to go after people with violence. I feel like he did a lot for the civil rights movement, but for some reason he doesn't really get recognized as much as other figures of this time.

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with MLK

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with Formal Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro

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at his famous " The Ballot or The Bullet" speech

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a Muslim minister and human rights activist

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picture #1- https://images.app.goo.gl/ATehXD8VZjDfHADR6
picture #2 - https://images.app.goo.gl/rh627Mn8Y17E2Va2A
picture #3- https://images.app.goo.gl/RRPAfqjPKubi4hmD6
picture #4 - https://images.app.goo.gl/Xn14TAYJRvuizkXc9
Citations - https://www.biography.com/activist/malcolm-x
Citations - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Malcolm-X
Citations - https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/malcolm-x