MALCOLM X

MALCOLM X,his life

LIFELINE

Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925, in 

At the age of 39, Malcolm X was killedin New York City, onFeb. 21, 1965.

MALCOLM X'S NAME

Malcolm X's birth name was Malcolm Little.

His Muslim name was El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz.

He finally settled on Malcolm X, to X out his "slave name."

Who are YOU ??

Not keeping any slave owner's name!

Malcolm X and his family

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give equality or justice or anything. If you're a man you

take it."

"You're living at a time of revolution...people in power have misused it and now a better world has to be

built."

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."

"We're not Americans, we're Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here

against our will from Africa. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock-that rock landed on us."

"Dr. King wants the same thing I want.  Freedom."

Later, they split about how to achieve their goal.

A woman screamed: "Oh, black folks, black folks, why you got to kill each other?" After he

was assassinated.

Impact

RESOURCESwww.wikianswers.comwww.educhange.orgwww.answers.yahoo.comwww.imb.comwww.africawithin.comwww.colostate.eduwww.nathionelturner.comwww.malcolmx.comThe Autobiography Of Malcolm X, As Told To Alex Haley. NY: Ballantine Books, 1964.The Sixties Papers: Documents Of A Rebellious Decade, Judith Clavir Albert and Stewart Edward Albert. NY: Praeger, 1984