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Malcolm X

Malcolm X. By: Matthew Winslow- Duehr. facts. Malcolm X wanted racial unity He was born on May 19,1925 in Omaha Nebraska and was the 7 th of 11 kids Just before he was born masked riders said they should get out of town When he was 4, whites burned his house

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Malcolm X

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  1. Malcolm X By: Matthew Winslow-Duehr

  2. facts • Malcolm X wanted racial unity • He was born on May 19,1925 in Omaha Nebraska and was the 7th of 11 kids • Just before he was born masked riders said they should get out of town • When he was 4, whites burned his house • When Malcolm was 6 his father was killed his mother had a nervous brake down and his family was split

  3. facts • He believed that the whites were to blame for the separating of his family • He wanted to be a lawyer but because he was black he had to be a carpenter instead so he left at 8th grade • In 1942 he moved to the black side of New York where he cheated to make money • He moved to Boston where he made a burglar ring

  4. facts • In 1946 he was taken to prison • While he was in prison he learned Islam • He changed his last name in prison from Little to x • He learned Islam in prison from a group called The Nation of Islam who believed the whites were devils • He started many Muslim groups in the U.S

  5. facts • In 1954 he went back to New York to be a minister of a important temple • In 1957 he made a Muslim newspaper called Mohamed speaks • In 1960s he was the best Muslim minister • In 1939 he got suspended from the group • In 1964 he left the group completely • He made his own group called the Organization of Afro American Unity or OAAU

  6. facts • In the winter of 1964-1965 he received death threats and his house was bombed • While giving a speech in February 1965 he was shot and killed • Sources: • "Malcolm X." Compton's by Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition.Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2012. Web. 13 Dec. 2012.<http://www.school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9275635>.

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