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Birth
Born as Malcolm Little in University Hospital, Omaha, Nebraska. -
Malcolm's father was killed
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Malcolm's mother committed to the Mental Hospital
Malcolm's mother, Louise Little, is committed to the State Mental Hospital in Kalamazoo, consequently placing Malcolm in a juvenile home. -
Moves to Boston
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Moves to New York
• Malcolm moves to New York, specifically Harlem. -
Malcolm X jailed
• Convicted of larceny, breaking and entering, and carrying a weapon. Malcolm is sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. He starts to serve the term in Charlestown Prison.
Here he begins reading as many books as possible and educating himself. -
Converts to Nation of Islam
Influenced by some family members and impressed by letters from Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm converts to the Nation of Islam (not to be confused with actual Islam). -
Malcolm X Freed!
• Malcolm is released from prison after six years (instead of eight to ten) and meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago. It is here that he receives the legendary 'X' from the Nation of Islam. -
Suspended from NOI
• Malcolm is released from prison after six years (instead of eight to ten) and meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago. It is here that he receives the legendary 'X' from the Nation of Islam. -
Visits Makkah, Embraces true Islam
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Home firebombed
• House is firebombed in the early morning of the 14th day of February. -
Malcolm X martyred!
• (February 21) Right after beginning an address at the Audubon Ballroom, at 3:10 pm, he is shot several times...he is pronounced dead on arrival at Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital....
• Body washed according to Islamic rituals, and moved to Bishop Alvin A. Child's Faith Temple Church of God in Christ for funeral services, eulogy by actor/playwright Ossie Davis, over 20,000 people attend. (Bishop Childs and his family face constant threats at their