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Civil Rights Advocation
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Malcolm Little Joins the Nation of Islam
While in prison, Little's brother sent him letters about the Nation of Islam and Little agreed with the nation's views and joined the nation. He then changed his nme to Malcolm X. The X represents him leaving behind the name that was given to his family by slavemasters -
Malcolm X Released from Prison
In 1946, when Malcolm was 20, he was sent to jail for breaking and entering and he was released six years later. -
Malcolm X makes a name in the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X establishes himself as one of the leaders of the Nation of Islam -
Johnson Hinton Incident
Johnson Hinton was an African-American who was beaten by two police officers after trying to intervene between the officers beating another African American man. Malcolm X became known to the general public because of he supported Hinton directly -
The Hate that Hate produced airs
The Hate that Hate Produced was a documentary about the Nation of Islam which Malcolm X took part in and it is how he became widely recognized by white Americans -
Maclom X leaves the Nation of Islam
Malcolm X publiced announced that he was leaving the Nation of Islam because he said the Nation has "gone as far as it can" but converted to orthodox Islam -
Malcolm X goes on pilgrimage
Malcolm X departed from JFK international airport on April 13, 1964 to Mecca, Saudi Arabia to go on the Muslim pilgrimage called Hajj. According to him, he went through a spiritual change on this trip, and came back with a new, less racist, ideology -
Malcolm X Assassinated
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was prepared to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity, there was a disturbance in the audience and then somebody came forward and shot Malcolm X in the chest. It was thought that Malcolm X was assassinated by the Nation of Islam which he was formerly part of.
