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Malcom was born in Omaha, Nebraska to parents Earl Little and Louise Little
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Early little is hit but a street car in Lansing and authorities ruled it an accident.
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Louise Little is diagnosed as mentally ill and sent to the Kalamazoo State Mental Hospital, where she will stay for 26 years. her * children were separated and sent to different foster homes and orphanages.
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NO EXACT DATE Malcolm Little dropped out of high school at the age of 15 because he told his favorite teacher he wanted to be a lawyer and she told him to get a more realistic job for a black man like a carpenter.
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(suspected date) Malcolm moved to Boston with his older half-sister, Ella.
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NO EXACT DATE Malcolm was convicted and sentenced to eight years in prison for larceny.
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NO EXACT DATE While in prison, Malcolm converted to the Nation of Islam. Malcolm is released from prison in 1952. Drops his slave name 'little' and changes last name to 'X' to represent his lost tribal name.
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NO EXACT DATE Becomes the Minister of the Nation of Islam's Temple Number Eleven, located in Boston
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NO EXACT DATE Becomes the Minister of Temple Number Seven, located in New York.
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NO EXACT DATE Becomes the Minister of Temple Number Twelve, located in Philadelphia.1955
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Malcolm marries a nurse, Betty Sanders, in January of 1958. -
NO EXACT DATE Attallah was born sometime in November
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NO EXACT DATE Travels to United Arab Republic, Sudan, the Middle East, Ghana, and Nigeria as an ambassador for the Nation of Islam.
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Qubilah was born sometime in December
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Llyasah was born
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NO EXACT DATE Malcolm was suspended from representing the Nation of Islam after his speech "Chickens Come Home to Roost" about Kennedy's assaination
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Malcolm X began his biography with Alex Haley.
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Meets Martin Luther King, Jr. for the first and only time. Breaks away from the Nation of Islam and forms the Muslim Mosque, Inc. He travels to Makkah and Malcolm re named himself Malik El-Shabazz. When he returned to the U.S he formed the organization for Afro-American Unity.
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Gamilah is born
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Malcolm X house was fire bombed in the morning.
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Seven day after his house is fire bombed Malcolm was delivering a speech about the Orgainization of Afro-America at Audubon Ballroom. Three men, identified as Black Muslims, shot Malcolm a total of fifteen time in close range. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Vanderbilt Clinic, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
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Malaak and Malikah are born after the death of their father. They are named after Malcolm.
