Malcolm X Equality

The Civil Rights movement was a progressive act for racial equality. Throughout the movement a select few especially stood out among the crowd. Among these icons was Malcolm X, a civil leader with beliefs that the black people should defend themselves against the malicious attacks from the white citizens of America. Malcolm X was the spark for a different type of revolution, a revolution of impure justice for the black people. Malcolm Little was born May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska. Little had seven siblings, and his father was a preacher. Malcolm Little was six when his father was murdered. The court deemed the death a streetcar accident, however that did not help the pain his family went through. His mother was mentally unstable after the death of her husband, the eight children were all spread throughout foster homes. In 1946 Malcolm Little was arrested, he was charged with ten years of prison upon larceny charges. He changed his last name to “ X” because he thought that the name Little was something that a slave owner had given one of his ancestors. Malcolm X came in contact with a family member who was studying under the Nation of Islam. He was released from prison three years early and became a follower of The Nation of Islam. Malcolm X believed that when under attack from white racists, the non violent revolution should not stop the black people from defending themselves (Biography). …show more content…
Malcolm X did not want to be a terrorist. He believed in a “violent” revolution, but that only means he did not want black people passive and not fight back against the white mobs. Malcolm was the outspoken opposite of Martin Luther King Jr. because he would not let black people be harrased, beaten, and murdered all because self defense went against the type of protest the black people tried to pursue. (Notable