Who is Malcolm X

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community. A posthumous autobiography, on which he collaborated with Alex Haley, was published in 1965.

Malcolm spent his adolescence living in a series of foster homes or with relatives after his father's death and his mother's hospitalization. He engaged in several illicit activities, eventually being sentenced to 10 years in prison in 1946 for larceny and breaking and entering. In prison he joined the Nation of Islam (adopting ...
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Malcolm X Poems

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Malcolm X Quotes

• Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.
• Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.
• You can't legislate good will - that comes through education.
• Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.
• In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

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Comments about Malcolm X

• Martyalamode: ain’t gon lie, the malcolm x scene in godfather of harlem just ruined my day as if i ain’t already know what happened to di man inna real life…
• Orseautony: so, so sorry for all who knew paul. you were great friends and my heart goes out to you, malcolm. paul is now up there with cilla x x
• Redpillb0t: i'm in no doubt that jack and bobby kennedy, dr martin luther king and malcolm x were murdered in conspiracies involving the us deep state.
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