Malcolm was born 25 May, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska with the original full name as Malcolm Little. His mother, Louise Norton Little, was occupied most of her time with watching her children, of which Malcolm was born her 4th child (she eventually had eight children); His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. His father died in a racial prompted house fire; which drove his mother crazy, and so she was hauled off to a mental institution. Malcolm and his siblings were then split up in foster homes and orphanages.
Malcolm was a very well behaved and focused student during his stay in school, even graduated at the top of his classs. His dreams of becoming a lawyer were shattered by one of his racist teachers, who told him his dream was unrealistic of a black person to have, and that he should plan on something that didnt require education. Soon after, he lost interest in school, dropped out, and moved to Massachusetts. There he worked various small odd jobs, and soon decided to travel to Harlem, New York. There he commited multiple petty thefts, and by 1942 Malcolm was using various narcotics, prostitution and gambling rings.
Malcolms friend "Shorty" Jarvis left with Malcolm to Boston, where both were arrested and sentenced ten years in prison, and after 7 years, Malcolm was let out on parole. It was in prison that Malcolm refocused on his education. During his studies, one of his brothers came to visit him, and told him of his conversion to the muslim faith, and his association with the organization called The Nation Of Islam(NOI).
Soon, Malcolm was a free man, and then traveled to Detroit, where he started working with Elija Muhammmad. They together began trying to expand to african americans across the nation. It was during this time that Malcolm became the ministers for churches number 7(located in Harlem) and number 11(in Boston). As the faith spread, so too did belief that blacks should not be treated improperly. Malcolm changed his last name "little" to "x" because he believed little was a slave name. The amount of people in NOI greatly increased under malcolm, and grew ever bigger. soon, Malcolm found that muhammad didnt practice what he preached, and seperated from him. Malcolm soon went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, where he became one with Islam, increasing his faith, and started speaking out more and more.
After resigning from NOI, Malcolm had become an assassination target, and never traveled without bodyguards. Weeks after he had escaped a few assassination attempts, Malcolm was speaking on stage, and, unfortunately, the assassins rushed him onstage and killed him. Malcolm is buried at the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, leaving his twin daughters behind.
Malcolm acomplished an integration of islam into the blacks, and changed the views of many, and helped lead to the fair treatment of blacks by making it not hard to speak out against people who were racist and rude, ultimatly, Malcolm made the US a better place.
