Malcolm X

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Malcolm Little also known as Malcolm X and el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz was a Human rights activist for the Civil rights movement and a vocal person for the Nation of Islam. He was an important figure and a Hero in the Civil Rights movement. Malcolm changed his last name "X" to represent the rejection of his slave surname.

He was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Louise Helen Little and Earl Little. His mother was a Mulatto due to her mother being raped by a white man. Louise's grandfather was supposedly Spanish, English and German heritage from her father's side. Malcolm had seven siblings and was the fourth youngest. His father was a Baptist preacher and leader of the Universal Negro Association Movement (UNIA) as well as a follower of Marcus Harvey. And his mother served as secretary and branch reporter. His family moved to Lansing, Michigan due to the KKK that made several violent threats against them.

When Malcolm was 6, His father had died in a streetcar accident (But his mother suspected he had been murdered by the Black Legion Movement). Rumors started spreading that he was killed by White Racists and believed that they were the ones who were responsible for his mother's death, Which Traumatized him when he was little. But during that time as well, Malcolm was also sent to a Foster home because of his mother suffering from a nervous breakdown.

He dropped out of school, dealing drugs. He was called "Detroit Red". At 21, He went to jail for theft. But during Jail, He met Elijah Muhammed head of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam. a nationalist group that hated against white people referring to them as the "Devil". When he was released from Prison, He traveled to Detroit, Michigan and worked with Elijah Muhammed to expand the movement to Black people And became Minister.