Malcolm X was born in 1925 as Malcolm Little; his father was killed in a car accident in 1931 and his mother was institutionalized after becoming mentally unstable; due to these tragic events, Malcolm and his siblings were separated and went through different foster families. He learned how to steal and fell into a wrong crowd full of trouble: he learned to trade, which would result in him going to jail, and was surrounded by gamblers and thieves. While in jail, he was familiarized with Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam; his faith became important to him and encouraged him to believe that his families upbringing had to do at the hands of the whites. Once Malcolm left prison in 1952, he instantly went to for Elijah Muhammad became an assistant manager at his
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Like everyone is his 'tribe', he took up the "X" and became known as Malcolm X; Malcolm X became a minister and used his teachings from the Nation of Islam to show the blacks of the abuse, hatred, and inequality received from the whites and would than tell them what type of life they can
Like everyone is his 'tribe', he took up the "X" and became known as Malcolm X; Malcolm X became a minister and used his teachings from the Nation of Islam to show the blacks of the abuse, hatred, and inequality received from the whites and would than tell them what type of life they can