Malcolm X

By griebe

  • Birth

  • Earl Little's murder

  • Louise Little placed in a mental home

  • Period: to

    LIves in foster home

  • Moves to Boston to live with sister Ella

  • Begins working miscelaneous jobs

    He is introduced to criminal activity

  • Moves to Harlem

  • Convicted

    "Convicted of larceny, breaking and entering, and carrying a weapon"

  • Begins 8 year sentence in Charlestown Prison

  • Period: to

    Prison

  • Moved to Norfolk Prison

    Able to read in a larger library

  • Converts to Nation of Islam

  • Released two years early

  • Changes name to "X" when visiting Elijah Muhammad

  • Period: to

    Promotes Black Power

  • Becomes Minister of Temple Number 7 in New York

  • Marries Betty Sanders "X"

  • Period: to

    Birth of six daughters

    Attallah, Qubilah, Ilyasah, Gamilah Lumumba, Malaak ,and Malikah

  • Break from Nation of Islam

  • Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr meet briefly

  • Period: to

    Completes the Hajj

    Visits Africa and leaders on this trip also

  • Assassination