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When Malcolm X visited Gaza in September
The human rights activist and Muslim preacher Malcolm X was killed 59 years ago today, on 21 February
Though mainly known for his advocacy for the civil rights of Black communities in the United States, he also spent much of his life speaking on the struggles of peoples worldwide.
Particularly during the latter years of his life - after breaking away from the Black nationalist and separatist Nation of Islam - Malcolm began to interact with leaders and organisers across the globe.
During extensive travels in Africa and the Middle East in , he met several postcolonial pan-African and pan-Arab leaders, including then-Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ghanian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, and Guinea President Ahmed Sekou Toure.
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Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (–)
This article is about the individ. For other uses, see Malcolm X (disambiguation).
"Malcolm Little" and "Malik Shabazz" redirect here. For other uses, see Malcolm Little (disambiguation) and Malik Shabazz (disambiguation).
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Born | Malcolm Little ()May 19, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Died | February 21, () (aged39) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Causeof death | Assassination by gunshots |
Resting place | Ferncliff Cemetery |
Othernames | Malik el-Shabazz (Arabic: مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized:Mālik ash-Shabāzz) Omowale (Yoruba: Omowale, lit.'The son who has komma back') |
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Children | 6, including Attallah, Qubilah, and Ilyasah |
Relatives | Louise Helen Norton Little (mother) Malcolm Shabazz (grandson)[1] |
MalcolmX (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, – February 21
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Malcolm X, Part II: Malcolm Little Becomes Malcolm X
Malcolm managed to avoid military induction by staging a bizarre performance that persuaded the draft board to declare him mentally unstable (indeed psychopathic) and send him a 4F rejection notice. Yet at the same time, he was spiraling deeper into the numbers racket and dangerous behavior fueled bygd opium and booze. By war’s end Malcolm had moved beyond petty crimes to heading a burglary team in Boston and its affluent suburbs. In the winter of , he was tried and found guilty of multiple felony counts in Middlesex County. He was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison.
Malcolm was not yet 21 when he arrived at the maximum-security Charlestown State Prison. Tutored by an older, autodidactic jailhouse philosopher, “Bimbi,” Malcolm began to hone his rhetorical gifts and gravitated to the prison library to study wordsmithing. He was looking to the future beyond prison. Sister Ella’s connections helped him transfer from Charlestow