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He was born in Omaha, Nebraska
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The KKK burned his house down as a warning to his father to stop preaching.
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Earl little (father) dies after being tied up on train tracks and run over.
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Teacher tells him he could never become a lawyer because of his skin color.
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Malcolm's mother goes to mental hospital after she didn't get life insurance on his father due to the fact that it was labeled as a suicide
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Malcolm moves to Boston to live with Ella, his half sister, who he visited in 1940
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Malcolm moves to Harlem. He also dodges the draft because he acted mentally ill.
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Malcolm was sent to prison for 8-10 years. He was arrested with his friend.
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Malcolm changes his last name to X, showing how it is unknown because of slavery.
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Malcolm leaves jail 2 years early. He joins Nation of Islam, a religious group led by Elijah Mohammed, who claims to be a Prophet from God
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Malcolm moves to Chicago to live with Elijah Mohammed. Later that year, he becomes a minister in Boston.
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Malcolm marries Betty Sanders in Lansing, MI
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Malcolm X leaves Nation of Islam and starts his own organization, Muslim, Mosque, Inc.
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Malcolm goes to Hajj, and finds true Islam. He comes back with a better view of white people.
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Malcolm meets Muhammad Ali, a fellow black Muslim who avoided the draft. He also meets Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights pacifist.
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Malcolm X dies from bullet holes. He believed the CIA helped Nation of Islam assassinate him. He died in the Washington Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan, NY
