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The Birth of Malcolm X
Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth of Earl and Louise Little's seven children -
Family Gets Kicked Out
He and his family move into an all white neighborhood and in order for the caucasian people to get them to leave, they, a local supremacist group, burn their house down to the ground. -
Father Gets Killed
Malcolm X's mother had a premonition about her husband, Earl, and asked him not leave the house that night, but he did anyway and got ran over by a streetar ending up dead. Malcolm later says that the Ku Klux Klan was behind it. After Earl's, his dad, his wife and children struggle to make ends meet and must apply for public assistance. -
Mommy Goes Crazy
His mother was diagnosed as mentally ill and was sent off to a State Mental Hospital, which caused for all of her children to move from foster home to foster home. -
Starting Life Early
Fifteen year old Malcolm X drops out of school and later finds his half sister Ella Collins and she gains custody of him. He then goes to work many jobs, then starts hustling -
Few Years Behind Bars
He's gotten into lots of trouble during his younger years and was always in jail, he stayed behind bars all the way up until the year 1952. -
The Transformation
Malcolm rejects the surname "Little" as a slave name given to his family by white oppressors, and he becomes known as "Malcolm X. While in prison, he turns to Islam and begins an intensive recruiting campaign with Elijah Muhammad's blessing. Soon membership in the Nation begins to soar. -
His Teachings
In Malcolm's words, "For Mr. Muhammad's teachings really to resurrect American black people, Islam obviously had to grow, to grow very big. That was the start of HIS movement when it came to the rights for blacks and whites. -
He is suspended by the Nation of Islam as a leader
Malcolm lost his position as a leader when he made critical comments about President Kennedy's assassination. Malcolm had grown weary of the whites in America and was becoming more and more racist. -
Tries to form a new nation
Malcolm dreamed of a nation for the African Americans. He established the Organization for Afro-American Unity. -
His Death
Malcolm was assassinated while giving a speech and over 20,000 people attended his funeral. 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. He is regarded as one of the greatest black men of all time.
