Malcolm X

By j_essaqaf

  • Birth Of Malcolm LIttle

    the fourth of seven children of Grenada-born Louise Helen Little (née Norton) and Georgia-born Earl Little.

  • Relocation

    ​​the family relocated in 1926 to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and shortly thereafter to Lansing, Michigan

  • House burns to the ground

    Earl accused the Ku Klux Klan

  • Death of Earl

    Malcolm’s father is found dead on the town’s trolley tracks. It was ruled as an accident.
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    Converts to Islam

    Converts to the Islamic religon and joins Nation of Islam while in prison.

  • Malcolm X

    Changes name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X and becomes Assistant Minister of Nation of Islam’s Detroit Temple.

  • departure of NOI

    Malcolm X publicly announced his break from the Nation of Islam
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    end of his life

    February 14, 1965 Malcolm X’s home is firebombed. February 21, 1965 Malcolm X is assassinated as he begins speaking at the Audubon Ballroom, New York.