Malcolm X Biography

Malcolm Little was born on May 19th, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. He later change his name to Malcolm X. He took the name "Malcolm X" to signify the loss of his true African name and to reject the "slave name" of Little. Malcolm was the seventh of his father's nine children three by a previous marriage and his mother's fourth child. Although the Little family was poor, they were self-sufficient. His family moved several times because of racism, they moved from Omaha, Nebraska, after being threatened by the Ku Klux Klan, a group that believes that white people are superior to all other races. Malcolm X was a huge player in the civil rights battle that faced the United States in the 1960’s. He was a reformed drug addict and criminal, who after
Another convict, introduced him to the prison's extensive library, and Malcolm became a reader. Malcolm X who went in as a thug developed a great force of change to awaken the mind. Malcolm’s brother came to visit him and told him about the Nation of Islam. He became very interested and studied the teachings of the Islam Nation. In 1952 he was paroled and devoted himself the Islam Nation. Malcolm X converted to the Black Muslim faith (Nation of Islam) and changed his name to Malcolm X when he was release in 1952 he met the Nation’s leader, Elijah Muhammad, who sent him on speaking tours endorsing the nation’s separatist views, including the use of violence for self-defense. X believed that every black person would settle to Muhammad's teachings, for "when he thinks about his own life, he is going to see where, to him personally, the white man sure has acted like a devil." (Alex Haley) He also allowed Malcolm to build new mosques in cities such as Detroit, Michigan, and Harlem, New York. Malcolm used the newspapers, television, and word of mouth to spread the Muslim message to
he is an incredibly powerful man that came from Nothing to become one of the most influential and controversial men in the history of the United States. Malcolm X was a very strong activist for the equality of African Americans in the United States. Later in his life he became a strong advocate for the rights of all people no matter the color of their skin. Malcolm stood up for what he believed in no matter who tried to fight the message he was trying to spread to the world. He constantly faced harsh conditions including drugs, prison, bad press, and the loss of the man he believed in the most, Elijah Muhammad, even of all his hatred yet he continued to tell his message to anyone who would hear