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Born
Malcom was born in Omaha, Nebraska to parents Earl Little and Louise Little -
Malcolm's father dies
Early little is hit but a street car in Lansing and authorities ruled it an accident. -
Malcolm's mother is placed in an institution
Louise Little is diagnosed as mentally ill and sent to the Kalamazoo State Mental Hospital, where she will stay for 26 years. her * children were separated and sent to different foster homes and orphanages. -
Dropped out of high school
NO EXACT DATE Malcolm Little dropped out of high school at the age of 15 because he told his favorite teacher he wanted to be a lawyer and she told him to get a more realistic job for a black man like a carpenter. -
Moving to Boston
(suspected date) Malcolm moved to Boston with his older half-sister, Ella. -
Prison
NO EXACT DATE Malcolm was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for larceny. -
Prison
NO EXACT DATE While in prison, Malcolm converted to the Nation of Islam. Malcolm is released from prison in 1952. Drops his slave name 'little' and changes last name to 'X' to represent his lost tribal name. -
Ministry
NO EXACT DATE Becomes the Minister of the Nation of Islam's Temple Number Eleven, located in Boston -
Ministry
NO EXACT DATE Becomes the Minister of Temple Number Seven, located in New York. -
Ministry
NO EXACT DATE Becomes the Minister of Temple Number Twelve, located in Philadelphia.1955 -
Betty Sanders
NO EXACT DATE
Malcolm marries a nurse, Betty Sanders, in January of 1958. -
First Child
NO EXACT DATE Attallah was born sometime in November -
Ambassador for Nation of Islam
NO EXACT DATE Travels to United Arab Republic, Sudan, the Middle East, Ghana, and Nigeria as an ambassador for the Nation of Islam. -
Second Daughter
Qubilah was born sometime in December -
Third Child
Llyasah was born -
Malcolm is Suspended
NO EXACT DATE Malcolm was suspended from representing the Nation of Islam after his speech "Chickens Come Home to Roost" about Kennedy's assaination -
Biography
Malcolm X began his biography with Alex Haley. -
A Busy Year
Meets Martin Luther King, Jr. for the first and only time. Breaks away from the Nation of Islam and forms the Muslim Mosque, Inc. He travels to Makkah and Malcolm re named himself Malik El-Shabazz. When he returned to the U.S he formed the organization for Afro-American Unity. -
Fourth Daughter
Gamilah is born -
House Fire
Malcolm X house was fire bombed in the morning. -
Death
Seven day after his house is fire bombed Malcolm was delivering a speech about the Orgainization of Afro-America at Audubon Ballroom. Three men, identified as Black Muslims, shot Malcolm a total of fifteen time in close range. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital -
Twin Daughter
Malaak and Malikah are born after the death of their father. They are named after Malcolm.
