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Malcolm Little is born in Omaha, NE
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the families lasing, MI, home burned to the ground date not exact, only year
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Malcolm's father is found dead on the towns trolley tracks
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Malcolm's mother became ill and was put in a mental hospital. Malcolm was taken from his home and placed in foster care.
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malcolm moves to Boston to live with his half-sister, Ella. he became introduced to crime, at times got mixed up with crime
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malcolm left boston and moved to harlem where he worked as a waiter
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Malcolm is sentenced to 8-10 years for armed robbery,
serves 6 years at Charlestown, MA State Prison -
Malcolm converts to the Nation of Islam while in prison, and receives the "X" in his name
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Malcolm promoted to minister of Nation of Islam's New York Temple
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marries sister Betty X (Betty Sanders) in lasing, MI. Later they had their first child later this year
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He visited the Middle East, Ghana, and Sudan, and other places.
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Malcolm met the leader of Cuba in a Harlem hotel.
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The Nation of Islam orders Malcolm X to be silent, allegedly because of remarks concerning President Kennedy’s assassination
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Malcolm X leaves the Nation of Islam and starts his new organization, Muslim Mosque, Inc
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to Middle East and Africa
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Malcolm starts the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), a secular political group
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assassinated as he begins speaking at the Audubon Ballroom, New York. Malcolm X has been praised for his work toward the rights of black Americans, as well as his work in civil rights for all people. Is now regarded as one of the greatest black men of all time