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Malcolm X
"Education is the passport
to the future, for tomorrow
belongs to those who
prepare for it today."
– Malcolm X
By: Emily
1925-1965
Background/ Family Life
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He was born in Omaha, Nebraska
Malcolm X was the fourth of eight children of
the Reverend Earl Little and his wife, Louise.
After Malcolm's birth his family moved to the
outskirts of East Lansing, Michigan.
When Malcolm was six, his father died. He was
murdered by the Black Legion, a violent racist
group similar to the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).
Louise was eventually placed in the state
mental hospital, and her children were
declared wards of the state.
School
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was smart and focused
 He was the only black student
 He wanted to be a lawyer and his
teacher told him that black people can’t
be lawyers
 He dropped out and moved to Boston to
live wit his half sister Ella
Early Life
 He
moved around in Flint, Michigan to
Harlem New York and eventually back to
Boston, Massachusetts
 He was a pimp, drug dealer, and a
gambler
 in 1946 when he was arrested on charges
of larceny and sentenced to ten years in
jail.
Into Adulthood
 Malcolm
X traveled to Detroit, where he
worked with the leader of the Nation of
Islam, Elijah Muhammad, to expand the
movement's following among black
Americans nationwide. Malcolm X
became the minister of Temple No. 7 in
Harlem and Temple No. 11 in Boston, while
also founding new temples in Harford and
Philadelphia.
Family
 Malcolm
X married Betty Sanders, a fellow
member of the Nation of Islam, in 1958,
and they had four children together.
Nation of Islam
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In 1960, he established a national newspaper,
Muhammad Speaks, in order to further promote
the message of the Nation of Islam.
Due primarily to the efforts of Malcolm X, the
Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at
the time he was released from prison in 1952 to
40,000 members by 1960.
Malcolm X exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles
of racism "by any means necessary," including
violence. "You don't have a peaceful revolution,"
he said. "You don't have a turn the cheek
revolution. There's no such thing as a nonviolent
revolution."
Troubles
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In 1963, Malcolm X became deeply disillusioned
when he learned that his hero and mentor had
violated many of his own teachings, most
flagrantly by carrying on many extramarital affairs;
Muhammad had, in fact, fathered several children
out of wedlock. Malcolm's feelings of betrayal,
combined with Muhammad's anger over
Malcolm's insensitive comments regarding the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy, led
Malcolm X to leave the Nation of Islam in 1964.
Death
 On
the evening of February 21, 1965, at
the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan,
where Malcolm X was about to deliver a
speech, three gunmen rushed the stage
and shot him 15 times at point blank
range. Malcolm X was pronounced dead
on arrival at Columbia Presbyterian
Hospital shortly thereafter. He was 39
years old.
Bibliography
 http://www.biography.com/people/malc
olm-x-9396195?page=3