Malcolm X
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Islam, Muslims, Mosques, Protests, Marches, Demonstrations, Rallies, Nationalism
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, African American History
Article abstract: Born Malcolm Little, Malcolm X rose from life as a criminal hustler to become the national minister of the Nation of Islam and a popularizer of black nationalism, which emphasized self-defense for African Americans and independence from white America. Malcolm X’s separatism served as a political alternative to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s advocacy of nonviolence and desegregation.
Early Life
In his best-seller The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1964), Malcolm described his father, Baptist preacher Earl Little, and his mother,...
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