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Parents- Earl Little, Louise Norton Little, 8 children in the family

Family had to relocate many times due to death threats because of both parents part in the black civil rights activism movement

Father was a baptist preacher

In 1929 the family's home in Lansing, Michigan was burnt to the ground by white supremacist group, the Black Legion

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Beginning of Involvement in Civil Rights Movement  

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Beginning of Involvement in Civil Rights Movement  

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Malcolm and his friend “Shorty” met up and moved back to Boston, they soon were arrested and convicted of burglary

Malcolm was sentenced 10 years to prison, but granted parole after 7 years

During this time Malcolm brother came to visit often and he used this as a time for self enlightenment

Brother belonged to Nation of Islam and started teaching Malcolm about this, he became very interested in this and soon began studying Muhammad Elijah's work

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He had different views than that of Martin Luther King Jr. by advocating for self- defense by any means, even violent if necessary

He once described himself as the "Angriest black man in America"

He later changed his views to a more outspoken philosophy

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After feeling drawn to the Nation of Islam he began making a name for himself within it

Malcolm had firmly established himself as the number-two man within the organization and was becoming far more famous than his superior, Elijah Muhammad

Due largely to Malcolm X's influence, the Nation of Islam doubled in size from 1955 to 1960, from 15 temples to 30

While Malcolm X was making enemies among the white establishment, he was quietly making more dangerous ones within the Nation of Islam

Some of Elijah Muhammad's lieutenants viewed him as overly ambitious and as a threat to the status of their leader

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In the early 1960’s he developed a more outspoken philosophy than Muhammad

This lead to Muhammad suspending him from the Nation of Islam because he felt threatened by Malcolm's power and followers

Malcolm X's new movement gained him more followers and a big name for leaders in SNCC

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End of Involvement in Black Rights Movement

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End of Involvement in Black Rights Movement

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After retiring from the Nation of Islam the FBI warned him that they had got word of death threats on his life.

Elijah Muhammad did not want competition from Malcolm X

3 gunmen from the Nation of Islam killed him in an alleyway in New York, most likely because of his a Muhammad differences

The 39-year-old was pronounced dead on arrival at New York’s Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

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In 1931 Earl Little’s body was found on the trolley tracks by their home and it was ruled an accident even though the Little's were sure it was the Black Legion

Louise was later put in a mental institution because of her breakdowns due to her husband’s death. The rest of the children were split up amongst foster homes

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After deciding to break away from the Nation of Islam Malcolm X decided to form his own Muslim mosque

During a trip to Mecca in the 1960's, he realized the Muhammad had the wrong idea the whole time. He had been thinking of all whites as devils when that was not true.

Malcolm decided to change to a more orthodox Islam stand point

With this he decided to try and be more "all-encompassing" in uniting blacks, Muslim, and non-Muslim, to end racial discrimination all together

The group he formed was called, Organization of Afro-American Unity, this new approach made him closer with MLK

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Full Name- Malcolm Little
Birthday- May 19, 1925
Born in- Omaha, Nebraska
Died- February 21, 1965 at age 39

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In 1952, when Malcolm was granted parole he was a devoted follower of Muhammad and changed his last name of “Little” into “X” because Little was too much like a slave name and X represented the loss of his tribal name

He became a minister and spokesman for Nation of Islam and Muhammad told him to set up mosques in different cities throughout the US

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http://online.infobase.com/Auth/Indexaid=277507&itemid=WE01&articleId=160956

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated

http://malcolmx.com/biography/