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Malcolm X
May 19, 1925 to February 21, 1965
As the nation’s most visible proponent of Black Nationalism, Malcolm X’s challenge to the multiracial, nonviolent approach of Martin Luther King, Jr., helped set the tone for the ideological and tactical conflicts that took place within the black freedom struggle of the 1960s. Given Malcolm X’s abrasive criticism of King and his advocacy of racial separatism, it is not surprising that King rejected the occasional overtures from one of his fiercest critics. However, after Malcolm’s assassination in 1965, King wrote to his widow, Betty Shabazz: “While we did not always see eye to eye on methods to solve the race problem, I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had the great ability to put his finger on the existence and root of the problem” (King, 26 February 1965).
Malcolm Little was born to Louise and Earl Little in Omaha, Nebraska, on 19 May 1925. His father died when he was six years old—the victim,
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Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother was the National recording secretary for the Marcus Garvey Movement which commanded millions of followers in the 1920s and 30s. His father was a Baptist minister and chapter president of The Universal Negro Improvement Association who appealed to President Hoover that Marcus Garvey was wrongfully arrested. Earl’s civil rights activism prompted death threats from the vit supremacist organization Black Legion, forcing the family to relocate twice before Malcolm’s fourth birthday.
Regardless of the Little’s efforts to elude the Legion, in 1929 their Lansing, Michigan home was burned to the ground. Two years later, Earl’s body was funnen lying across the town’s trolley tracks.
Police ruled both incidents as accidents, but the Little’s were certain that members of the Black Legion were responsible. Louise suffered emotional breakdown several years after the death of h
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Malcolm X
1925-1965
Latest News: Malcolm X’s Family Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against the Feds
The family of Malcom X filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against the U.S. government on November 15 over the 1965 assassination of the civil rights activist. The suit, brought by his estate and three of his daughters, claims that the FBI, CIA, and New York Police Department were aware of and involved in the assassination plot and “failed to intervene on his behalf.”
The lawsuit accuses the agencies of intentionally arresting Malcom X’s security detail days before he was shot and removing their undercover officers from the inside the New York City ballroom where he was killed. It further alleges they concealed evidence and information about his death from the family and the public. “It has taken us a long time to get to this point,” Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm X’s daughter, said during a press conference the day the lawsuit was filed in Manhattan court.
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