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According to The Autobiography of Malcolm X what happen to his mother during her pregnancy with Malcom?
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His mother had been threatened by Ku Klux Klansmen while she was pregnant.
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Did Malcolm's father have life insurance?
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yes.
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Did Malcom's fathers's life insurance pay off?
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had two policies only one the smallest paid, other refused because of the supposed suicide.
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How did Malcolm's mother feel about her complexion?
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she resented it -
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felt it was evidence of a previous rape by some white man
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How many Children in X's family growing up?
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Eight children, of whom Malcolm was the fourth. Earl and Louise Little's children's names were, in order, Wilfred, Hilda, Philbert, Malcolm, Reginald, Wesley, Yvonne, and Robert.
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How was his death in 1931 recorded by authoritoies?
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As a suicide inspite of fact he was blugeoned to death and laid on railroad tracks.
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How was Malcom's mother described racially?
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light complexion, looked like a white women
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Was Louise Little ever released from the mental hospital?
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Malcolm and his brothers and sisters secured her release 26 years later in 1964.
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What did his father do for a living?
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Was an outspoken Baptist lay speaker and supporter of Marcus Garvey, as well as a member of the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
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What did Malcolm do in Boston for work?
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he held a variety of jobs and intermittently found employment with the New Haven Railroad.
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What does Diaspora mean?
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Refers to any people or ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional homelands, the dispersal of such people, and the ensuing developments in their culture.
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What happen to Malcolm after he dropped out of High School?
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After enduring a series of foster homes, Malcolm was sent to a detention center. Then he moved to Boston to live with his older half-sister, Ella Little Collins.
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What happen to Malcom and his siblings after his father's murder and his mother's nervous breakdown?
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Malcolm and his siblings were split up and sent to different foster homes.
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What happen to Malcom's family in 1931?
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Malcolm's father was found dead,
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having been bludgeon and run over by a streetcar in Lansing.
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What happen to Malcom's mother after his father was killed?
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later had a nervous breakdown and was declared legally insane in December 1938.
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What happen to three of Malcom X's father's brothers?
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Died violently at the hands of white men, and one of his uncles had been lynched.[4]
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What happened to the NOI after Malcom's murder?
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With the death of Muhammd in 1975 it was takenover by Muhammd's son (Wallace D. Muhammad (later Warith Deen ministers, Louis Farrakan broke away and reclaimed the name NOI.Mohammed)), renamed the world Muslim Organization, later divided when another of its
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What is a religious movment?
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A new religious movement or NRM is a term used to refer to a religious faith, or an ethical, spiritual or philosophical movement of recent origin that is not part of an established denomination, church, or religious body.
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What is Pan Africanism?
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Is a sociopolitical world view, and a moral philosophy, as well as a movement, which seeks to unify and uplift both native Africans and those of the African diaspora, as part of a "global African community."
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What is the Klu Klux Klan?
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The name of several past and present organizations in the United States that have advocated white supremacy, anti-Semitism, African Americans and other social or ethnic groups.anti-Catholicism, racism, homophobia, anti-Communism and nativism. These
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What was his Malcolm's mother and father's name?
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Earl Little and Louise Helen (née Norton).
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What was one of Malcolm's nicknames?
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Detroit Red
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derived from the reddish tinge of his hair. He was described as having, at birth, "ash-blonde hair ... tinged with cinnamon," and at four, "reddish-blonde hair."
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What were the consequences to Malcom and his family of Malcolm's father's murder?
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family was left in poverty, mother later suffered a mental breakdown, and siblings were split up.
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When and why was Malcolm suspended from the NOI?
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1963 - tension between Muhammad and Malcolm developed over the years concerning the direction of the group; the particular event that lked to the suspension was Macolm's characterzation of the JFK assassination as just "chickens coming home to roost."
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When did he turn to crime?
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In 1942, at age 17, became "involved with Boston's underworld fringe."[7]
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When did X's family relocate to Milwaukee?
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in 1926, and to Lansing, Michigan, shortly there after
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When was Malcolm Little born?
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In 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska
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When was Malcom assassinated?
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(1965), possibly by Muhammad's followers, caused great dissension in the movement.
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When was the Nation of Islam movement and when was it established?
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African-American religious movement in the United States, split since 1976 into the American Muslim Mission and the Nation of Islam. The original group was founded (1930) in Detroit by Wali Farad (or W. D. Fard), whom his followers believed to be “Allah in person.” When Farad disappeared mysteriously in 1934, Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the group, first in Detroit and then in Chicago.
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Where did Malcolm live after his father's murder?
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he lived on Charles Street in downtown East Lansing. The 1930 U.S. Census showed him living on a different Charles Street, in the low-income Urbandale neighborhood in Lansing Township, between Lansing and East Lansing.
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Where did Malcolm live when he was in High School?
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Mason, Michigan an almost all-white small town 12 miles (19 km) to the south of Lansing.
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Where did Malcolm rank academically in middle school?
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at the top of his class but dropped out soon after a teacher told him that his aspirations of being a lawyer were "no realistic goal for a <n word>".[11]
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Where did Malcom's family relocate to after Omaha?
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
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Where was Louise Little committed?
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state mental hospital at Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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Where was Malcolm's mother born?
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Louise Little was born in Grenada,
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Who are the Black Muslims?
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African-American religious movement in the United States etablished in 1930.
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When Farad disappeared mysteriously in 1934, Elijah Muhammad assumed leadership of the group, first in Detroit and then in Chicago.
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Who are the Black Muslims?
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African-American religious movement in the United States, split since 1976 into the American Muslim Mission and the Nation of Islam.
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The original group was founded (1930) in Detroit by Wali Farad (or W. D. Fard), whom his followers believed to be “Allah in person.”
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Who are the Black Muslims?
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The original group was founded (1930) in Detroit by Wali Farad (or W. D. Fard), whom his followers believed to be “Allah in person.”
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Who was the Black Legion?
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was an additional organization within the Ku Klux Klan, that operated in the midwestern United States in the 1930s.
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It was the white supremacist group his father accused of burning down their home in 1929, and many blacks felt that this group within the eKKK had killed Earl Little.[9]
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Why did Malcom and others doubt his father committed suicide?
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Because he felt that it would have been impossible for his father to "bash himself in the head, then get down across the streetcar tracks to be run over."[10]
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Why did the Klan warn his family to leave Omaha?
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The Klan claimed that Earl Little's activities with UNIA were "stirring up trouble".[7]
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Father was thought militant because of sermons, and UNIA membership
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What moumental event occurred in 1965?
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• (February 21) Right after beginning an address at the Audubon Ballroom, at 3:10 pm, he is shot several times
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...he is pronounced dead on arrival at Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital....
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When was Malcolm X assasinated?
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1965
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When was Malcolm X born?
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1925
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When did Malcolm X get married?
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1958
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What was Malcolm X's wife's name?
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Betty Sanders, changed to Betty Shabazz.
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1925
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• (May 19) Born as Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska.
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University Hospital, Omaha
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1941
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• Acquires various jobs, for the New Haven Railroad.
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including shoe shining, dishwashing, and soda jerking, also occasionally works
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1959
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• As an ambassador for the Nation of Islam, he travels to the Middle East and Ghana.
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1958
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• Attracted to Betty Sanders, a nurse, he marries her in January.
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Why and when was Malcolm X suspended from Nation of Islam?
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1963 because he publicy said the Kennedy assassination was just the chickens coming home to roost.
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What was Malcolm refering to - when he gave his "Chickens coming home to roost" speech?
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Alledged USA policy of supporting or ordering assassination of heads of state
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JFK assassination in 1963, after it was alledged that JFK supported assassination of Patrice Luumba (Congo) - suppodely ordered by US President Eisenhower and Belgium's King Baugouin, and attempted assassination of Fidel Castro (Cuba).
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1963 suspension
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• Because of his speech about the assassination of Kennedy, he is suspended from representing the Nation of Islam.
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Chickens Come Home to Roost speech
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1943 job in New York
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• Becomes a waiter at Small's Paradise.
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1954 NOI job
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• Becomes the Minister of Temple Number Seven, located in New York.
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1955 NOI job
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• Becomes the Minister of Temple Number Twelve, located in Philadelphia.
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1953 first NOI job
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• Becomes the Minister of the Nation of Islam's Temple Number Eleven, located in Boston.
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1964 book
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• Begins collaboration on his autobiography with Alex Haley.
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1997 Death
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• Betty Shabazz (formerly Betty X, born Betty Sanders), wife of Malcolm X, the only person he would trust with his life, dies in a fire allegedly set by grandson, Malcolm, named after Malcolm X.
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1965 Funeral
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• Body moved to Bishop Alvin A. Child's Faith Temple Church of God in Christ for funeral services, over 20,000 people attend. (Bishop Childs and his family face constant threats at their home and church for agreeing to conduct the funeral.)
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eulogy by actor/playwright Ossie Davis, over 20,000 people attend. (Bishop Childs and his family face constant threats at their home and church for agreeing to conduct the funeral.)
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1964 Split
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• Breaks away from the Nation of Islam and forms the Muslim Mosque, Inc.
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1946 Crime
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• Convicted of larceny, breaking and entering, and carrying a weapon. Malcolm is sentenced to eight to ten years in prison.
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He starts to serve the term in Charlestown Prison.
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1962 discovery
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• Discovers that Elijah Muhammad is an adulterer.
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1931 school
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• Enrolled in Pleasant Grove Elementary School (kindergarten).
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1938 school
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• Enrolled in West Junior High School, in Lansing.
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1939 school
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• Enrolls in Mason High School in Mason, Michigan.
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1955 rumors of what infraction
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• First hears rumors of Elijah Muhammad's adultery.
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1940 destination
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• Goes to Boston to visit his half-sister, Ella Collins, notices her strong and independent character.
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1964 Hajj causes what changes in Malcolm X
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• He comes back to the U.S. thinking differently about white people.
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1964 oranization formed
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• He forms the Organization for Afro-American Unity.
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1941 introduction to
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• He is now exposed to the criminal world.
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1953 moved to
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• He moves to Chicago to live with Elijah Muhammad.
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1964 goodwill trip to
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• He returns to Africa and meets with African leaders.
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1939 meeting with teacher resulted in
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• He tells a teacher that his goal is to one day become a lawyer, the teacher recommends becoming a carpenter instead, as being a lawyer is not a realistic goal for a "nigger."
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1946 self education method
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• Here he begins reading as many books as possible and educating himself.
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1964 birth
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• His fourth daughter, Gamilah, is born in December.
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1960 birth
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• His second daughter, Qubilah, is born in December.
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1962 birth
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• His third daughter, Ilyasah, is born.
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1965 family incident
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• House is firebombed in the early morning of the 14th day of February.
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1964 revealation
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• In Makkah, seeing the beauty of the unity of humanity, he embraces true Islam.
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1944 crime
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• Indicted for larceny, he goes back to Boston, given a three month suspended sentence and one year on probation.
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1947 organization joined
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• Influenced by some family members and impressed by letters from Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm converts to the Nation of Islam (not to be confused with actual Islam).
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1943 involment ine what activity
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• Involved in criminal activities.
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1943 nickname
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• Known as "Detroit Red.
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1940 residences
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• Lives in various foster homes.
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1952 event
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• Malcolm is released from prison after six years (instead of eight to ten) and meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago.
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It is here that he receives the legendary 'X' from the Nation of Islam.
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1943 move to where?
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• Malcolm moves to New York, specifically Harlem.
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1927 family birth
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• Malcolm's brother, Reginald, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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1931 death
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• Malcolm's father, Earl Little, is run over by a streetcar and is killed.
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1939 major family incident
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• Malcolm's mother, Louise Little, is committed to the State Mental Hospital in Kalamazoo, consequently placing Malcolm in a juvenile home.
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1964 introduction to
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• Meets Martin Luther King, Jr. for the first and only time after a King news conference.
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1960 meeting withwhathead of state
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• Meets with Fidel Castro for half and hour in Hotel Theresa, Harlem.
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1941 moves to what city
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• Moves to Boston to live with Ella.
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1945 rturns to what city
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• Returns to Harlem, New York.
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1953 what organization sets up observation
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• The FBI opens a surveillance file on Malcolm.
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1943 rejected by
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• The U.S. Army finds him unsuitable for the service on account of mental problems (apparently, he behaved in unsuitable manner on purpose, in order to avoid the draft).
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1958 birth
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• Their first child, daughter Attallah, is born in November.
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1947 detention
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• Transferred to Concord Reformatory for fifteen months.
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1948 moved to
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• Transferred to Norfolk Prison Colony, Massachusetts, where there is a great library.
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1964 travels to
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• Travels to Makkah and Africa as Malik El-Shabazz.
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1959 travels to
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• Travels to United Arab Republic, Sudan, and Nigeria.
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1965 births
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• Twin daughters, Malaak and Malikah are born.
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1964 visit with
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• Visits Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) for a week.
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1963 critique of what demonstration.
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• Watches the March on Washington critically, unable to understand why black people are excited over a demonstration "run by whites in front of a statue of a president who has been dead for a hundred years and who didn't like us when he was alive."
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Attitude concerning Martin Luther King
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transistion from no respect qnd no interest in integration; to respectful diasagreement about value of non-violence when confronted by violence
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Attitude concerning Civil Rights Movement
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transistion from NOI position of separation to soliciting help from all friendlyy quarters to achieve human rights.
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