How Did Malcolm X Change The World

Malcolm X was a well known figure in the 50’s. His lifetime Macolm went through many changes in his life. Most of the changes were the way he viewed people. In the beginning of his lifetime Malcolm viewed whites in a certain way until he learned all whites were not the same.He focused on whites because beside the Nation Of Islam they were the ones to shape his life. Today Malcolm X is still a big figure and his words still have a huge effect on people.

Once Malcolm X joined the Nation Of Islam and became a speaker, he put a type of fear in white people in America. They feared Malcolm because Malcolm told the truth and what was going on and the relations of the races.White people didn’t expect this type of talk from a black person so it shocked them and made the fearful. They didn’t like blacks who were well educated like Malcom …show more content…
Malcolm wasn’t a violent person but because the lack of opportunities there were for blacks he had no choice if he wanted a way to advance. Malcolm X didn’t care for whites that much but he would still conk his hair to look like the white man. The reason for this was because during that time there wasn’t many positive representations of blacks. Malcolm was imprisoned for 10 years. During this time Malcolm read every book he could and learned as much as possible. Malcolm studied every word out of the dictionary. Malcolm was visited by members of the Nation Of Islam who were a group of muslims who wanted to establish black nationalism. Malcolm went through his transformation to being Malcolm X, he became of of the biggest speakers and leaders of the civil rights movements. Many people tried to make it seem as if he was a bad person because of the the truth he was telling about the state that manyblacks were living in in a country ran by many Caucasians or whites. The religion of Islam had a big influence on