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While working at a tobacco farm in Connecticut, he was surprised to learn that people of different races were living together with no issue regarding their skin color.

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The X in his name is from a custom among the ""Nation of Islam followers who considered their family names to have originated with white slaveholders."

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MLK changed his name because he wanted to follow his fathers wishes on change in his name. His real name was Michael then he changed it to Martin

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He was in the foster system after his mother was sent to an asylum and his father was killed.

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When the assassination of JFK happened, Malcolm declared that assassination as an example of "chickens coming home to roost."

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Nation of Islam was very important to him and he publicized and advocated for it a lot. He was a black nationalist . Very big in Black Power Movement and unlike MLK he was more radical and he was not comitted to nonviolent protest, instead asserting that justice should be achieved by any means necessary, especially when democracy is not cooperating with you.

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He was a feminist

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converted to Islam after six and a half years of prison

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It was said that his father was killed by white supremacists

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He was killed at Columbia University

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During his time in prison, Malcolm X self educated by extensively reading in the prison library. This period was crucial in his ideological transformation and adoption of the Muslim faith

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He dropped out of school when he was in 8th grade.

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"I Have a Dream" speech

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Malcom X served ten years in prison for burglary. after starting a life of crime in Boston.

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He was very critical of the mainstream Civil Rights Movement where he challenged the methods that MLK used during that movement.

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He had two siblings

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MLK's speech "I have a dream" was a big part in the civil rights movement.

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He was born in Omaha Nebraska but moved to Lansing Michigan at a young age, after the death of his father and institutionalization of his mother.

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organized The March on Washington in 1963

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the government was watching his every move

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His activism and leadership were instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which aimed to end segregation and protect voting rights for African Americans

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Participated in a marching event in Selma, Alabama.

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The FBI monitored him for years

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He won a Noble Peace Prize in 1964

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Malcolm X criticized white people, calling them the "white devil," because of their past mistreatment of black people. He believed in empowering black communities through self-defense, economic independence, and have pride in their racial identity.

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He was born on January 15th 1929.

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He was a key figure during the civil rights movement.

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He started college at age 15

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His famous "I Have a Dream" speech outlined his vision for equal treatment. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts.

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He knew that there was violence and that there needed to be action to stop this and be more peace in the world. He also knew there was a higher power (God) that could help with bringing peace.

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MLK believed in peaceful protest and gave many speeches about equality. He was a minister and grew up with many Church connections.

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During his time in prison between 1946-1952, he underwent a conversion that would lead him to joining the Nation of Islam which was a combination of Islam and Black Nationalism.

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He was a human rights activist that loved to advocate for African Americans he also would promote Islam within the black community.

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He was arrested 29 times

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He advocated for Islam, and thought poorly of white men. He did not like using his real name, and preferred Malcom X.

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I know he was a civil rights activist and a baptist minister. He wrote other prominant speeches like 'I have a Dream" He advocated for the Civil Rights Act and wanted more expansive voting rights. He wasn't a moderate, but he did a very good job appealing to white moderates. He was eventually assasinated.

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He was an advocator for the Nation of Islam.

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His way of combating segregation and racism within the US wasn't by violence but rather by using other and safer methods.

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He was assassinated

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Grew up with connections to Chruch.

Made the I Have a Dream speech. Important to the civil rights movement

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He was an activist and a minister. He fought against segregation and racism.

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He resented anyone who called him by his original last name because he didn’t identify it… it was originally a white man’s surname and he didn’t claim that.

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Unlike MLK, he was very opposed to the equality of white people and colored people living within the same country

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he got shot 21 times

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He was a big advocator for the Nation of Islam, and believed that white men were the devil

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He believed in peaceful protesting… violence and aggressive language were not necessary to get his point across.