Autobiographyofmalcolmx

malcolm x

By saul64

  • Malcolm is born

    Malcolm Little is born in Omaha, NE

  • Burning House

    the families lasing, MI, home burned to the ground date not exact, only year

  • Malcolms Dead Father

    Malcolm's father is found dead on the towns trolley tracks

  • Malcolm is taken from his home

    Malcolm's mother became ill and was put in a mental hospital. Malcolm was taken from his home and placed in foster care.

  • Finding his way

    malcolm moves to Boston to live with his half-sister, Ella. he became introduced to crime, at times got mixed up with crime

  • Malcolm moves to Harlem

    malcolm left boston and moved to harlem where he worked as a waiter

  • Malcolm receives prison time

    Malcolm is sentenced to 8-10 years for armed robbery,
    serves 6 years at Charlestown, MA State Prison

  • Malcolm Becomes Islamic

    Malcolm converts to the Nation of Islam while in prison, and receives the "X" in his name

  • Nation of Islam

    Malcolm promoted to minister of Nation of Islam's New York Temple

  • Malcolm Marries

    marries sister Betty X (Betty Sanders) in lasing, MI. Later they had their first child later this year

  • Malcolm X becomes a Representative of the Nation of Islam

    He visited the Middle East, Ghana, and Sudan, and other places.

  • Malcolm X meets Fidel Castro

    Malcolm met the leader of Cuba in a Harlem hotel.

  • Malcolm stays Quiet

    The Nation of Islam orders Malcolm X to be silent, allegedly because of remarks concerning President Kennedy’s assassination

  • Malcolm starts his own organization

    Malcolm X leaves the Nation of Islam and starts his new organization, Muslim Mosque, Inc

  • Travel to the Middle East once again

    to Middle East and Africa

  • Malcolm starts an organization

    Malcolm starts the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), a secular political group

  • Malcolm's home is Fire Bombed

  • Malcolm X is Assassinated

    assassinated as he begins speaking at the Audubon Ballroom, New York. Malcolm X has been praised for his work toward the rights of black Americans, as well as his work in civil rights for all people. Is now regarded as one of the greatest black men of all time