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Born in Omaha Nebraska
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Malcolm X's father gets beat up by the Black Legion and gets run over after being thrown onto the train tracks
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Malcom X's mom becomes mentally unstable and is placed in the State Mental Hospital in Kalamazoo, this causes Malcolm and the rest of his siblings in juvenile homes.
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Malcolm moves to Boston to live with his half sister, working part time jobs, being exposed to the Boston hustle and the shady criminal underworld.
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After being sentenced 10 years in prison, he begins to serve his time at Charlestown Prison. Here he starts to educate himself by reading books.
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Learns of Elijah Muhammad, converts to the nation of Islam.
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Malcolm released from prison after six years, meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, receives the X in his name.
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Becomes the Minister of the Nation of Islam's Temple Eleven, in Boston
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Discovers that Elijah Muhammad is adultery
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Because of his "Chickens Come Home to Roost" speech, he's suspended from representing the Nation of Islam.
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• Collabs on his autobiography with Alex Haley.
• Visits Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Forms the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization for Afro-American Unity.
• Travels to Makkah and Africa with name of Malik El-Shabazz
• He returns to Africa and meets w/ African leaders. -
House firebombed On February 14th
• February 21 after beginning an address at the Audubon Ballroom, he is shot a variety of times
• pronounced dead At Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital