Despite the fact that Malcolm was sent to prison, where he was sentenced to 10 years, but was granted parole after serving 7 years, he was going to use the time to better his education that he missed out on from dropping out. Malcolm’s brother Reginald came to visit time from time, he was introducing the Nation of Islam (NOI) to Malcolm. The more Malcolm found out the more he read into the leader of the NOI, Elijah Muhammad. While in prison Malcolm joined the NOI. When Malcolm was released from prison he changed his name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X because he felt like he lost all of his african american heritage, and he considered “Little” as a slave name he did indeed change it to ‘X; for the lost names of his african ancestors.
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