https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu en-us 2022-07-11 23:44:32 UTC 2025-04-12 14:34:43 UTC hello@padlet.com ezrahyslas https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242353325 Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. His name at birth was Malcolm Little. As a civil rights activist, later in life, Malcolm changed his last name to X to demonstrate rejection of his "slave" name. He later changed his name again to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. "Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam (NOI) while serving a prison term in Massachusetts on burglary charges. Shortly after his release in 1952, he moved to Chicago and became a minister under Elijah Muhammad" (https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/malcolm-x). Malcolm X was an activist fighting against police brutality and was an active part of developing BLM movement. "His advocacy of achieving 'by any means necessary' put him at the opposite end of the spectrum from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s nonviolent approach to gaining ground in the growing civil rights movement" (history.com editors). After many years of believing and following the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, head of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam (Black Muslims) a Black nationalist group that claimed white people are the devil, in  1964, Malcolm X founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity, which said that racism, instead of the white race, is the enemy of justice. "Malcolm X was assassinated by a Black Muslim at an Organization of Afro-American Unity rally in the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965" (history.com editors).]]> 2022-07-13 04:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242353325 ezrahyslas https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242354085 https://youtu.be/6_uYWDyYNUg

]]> 2022-07-13 04:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242354085 ezrahyslas https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242354616 2022-07-13 04:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242354616 ezrahyslas https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242387078 “We want freedom now, but we’re not going to get it saying ‘We Shall Overcome.’ We've got to fight to overcome”

 “The only revolution in which the goal is loving your enemy, is the Negro revolution … That’s no revolution”

"No matter how much respect, no matter how much recognition whites show toward me, as far as I'm concerned, as long as that same respect and recognition is not shown towards everyone of our people in this country, it doesn't exist for me."

"A hundred years ago they used to put on a white sheet and use a bloodhound against negroes. Today they've taken off the white sheet and put on police uniforms. They've traded in the bloodhounds for police dogs."]]> 2022-07-13 05:18:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242387078 ezrahyslas https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242416053 In traditional school we learn A LOT about Martin Luther King Jr. and his approach as a civil rights activist, but i'd never learned about Malcolm X or his part in the civil rights movement. I wonder if this is because Malcolm X took a less "non-violent" approach when he originally started fighting for civil rights.

After learning about Malcolm X i'm disappointed that his work isn't taught more in schools. I'm also surprised that in recent years when the BLM movement had become more active, that more people weren't referencing or talking about the works of Malcolm X.

Lastly, even though I don't particularly support violence when fighting for what you believe in, I find it very interesting and honestly sad, that  over 50 years after Malcolm X was assassinated, we are still fighting very similar battles to those that he fought.]]> 2022-07-13 06:07:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242416053 ezrahyslas https://padlet.com/ezrahyslas/73nujl227y6s3aiu/wish/2242420265
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/malcolm-x

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/malcolm-x

https://youtu.be/ZaVIucxNeTY

https://youtu.be/6_uYWDyYNUg


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