MALCOLM X

EARLY LIFE

• Malcolm x was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19 ,1925.
• As he got older he became a African American minister and human rights activists

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• Malcolm studied the teachings of NOI leader Elijah muhammad
• Muhammad taught that white society actively worked to keep African American from empowering themselves and achieving political economic, and social success

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• Shortly after his shocking discovery, Malcolm received criticism for a comment he made regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “[Kennedy] never foresaw that the chickens would come home to roost so soon,” said Malcolm. After the statement, Elijah Muhammad “silenced” Malcolm for 90 days. Malcolm, however, suspected he was silenced for another reason.

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• http://www.biography.com/people/malcolm-x-9396195

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• Fifteen hundred people attended Malcolm’s funeral in Harlem on February 27, 1965 at the Faith Temple Church of God in Christ (now Child’s Memorial Temple Church of God in Christ). After the ceremony, friends took the shovels away from the waiting gravediggers and buried Malcolm themselves.

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