Transcript 1. Malcom X real name was Malcom little and he was born in Omaha

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2. His family was chased out of Nebraska, later
Malcolm's father, Earl Little, is run over by a
streetcar and is killed. These were very
significant events in his childhood and were
cruel acts of racism, these shaped his
philosophy of black rights.
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3.
Malcolm X was once an American Black Muslim minister. He also was one
of the leaders of the Nation of Islam. It is the disparity between these two
belief systems that has led to some confusion about what Malcolm X did &
did not believe. The Nation of Islam was separatist, believing that white
people are the products of the devil and that black people were supposed to
be atop the social order. However, after a pilgrimage to Mecca, in 1964, X
became a Sunni Muslim & left the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X now viewed
Muslims of different races as equal & thought that all could get along
eventually. (Excluded, however, were persons of differing faiths.)
During the Civil Rights movement, he was a brilliant charismatic preacher, who
encouraged black separatism and criticized against the "blue eyed white devils".
He eventually distanced himself from Elijah Muhammad's separatist preaching
and moved toward mainstream Islam (By the 1990s, some 2 million African
Americans converted to Islam).
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Later, Malcolm changed his name again and began to preach a more
conciliatory message. But in early 1965, he was cut down by rival Nation of
Islam gunman while speaking to a large crowd.
4. Malcolm X wanted blacks to use violence against whites instead of a
passive approach led by Martin Luther King, Jr. as a militant leader, X
advocated black pride, economic self-reliance, and identity politics. he
ultimately rose to become a world-renowned human rights activist. he was
also a member of the Black Panther Party and Nation of Islam. By the early
1960s, he had grown frustrated with the non-violent, integrated struggle for
civil rights and worried that blacks would ultimately lose control of their own
movement.
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Malcolm X worried that white allies had begun to deter black leaders
from their original goals. "They took it over," he remarked. The "Farce on
Washington," as he called it, proved that the role of whites in the
movement had grown terribly problematic.
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5. His house was firebombed in the early
morning of February 14th. February 21st Right
after announcing an address at the Audubon
Ballroom, at 3:10 pm, he is shot several
times...he is pronounced dead on arrival at
Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian
Hospital. His death affected black and white
people because what he did still lives on today.