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 * Malcolm X was a very angry child like many kids his aged he turned to drugs and crime, and ended up in prison. While in prison Malcolm's life was heading down hill until he found the Nation of Islam witch was a group of muslims that was all African Americans.


 * Malcolm was mad at the Birmingham Children's Crusade because it exposed children to violence " real men don't put there children on the firing line


 * Malcolm Little in Omaha, [|Nebraska] on May 19, 1925, Malcolm was one of eight children of Earl Little, a Baptist minister and follower of [|Marcus Garvey], the black nationalist, and Louise Little. For many years, Malcolm knew only poverty and violence.


 * Malcolm changed his last name from Little to "X" because little was a slave name.


 * He went to juvenile detention home when he was 13.


 * **Malcolm X lived many different kinds of lives: a black boy in a white world, a hip outlaw, a studious jail bird, a disciplined Muslim and a man of the people who brought a message whose time had come. **


 * ALthough the three men accused of murdering Malcolm X had been sentenced to life imprisonment the trial raised more questions then answers, the most important of witch was weather the Black Muslims actually order the assassination on him. The black Muslims certainly did have a motive to kill him: he had deserted Elijah Muhammad along with Muhammad's black Muslims principles and beliefs. Malcolm X was now competing for converts for his own newly formed organization and drawing members away from he Nation of Islam.


 * He was sentenced to 10 years in prison when he was 20 for robbery
 * Malcolm was introduced to drugs and crime in Harlem, the black community of New York City
 * He found the Nation of Islam during the lower part of his life, and became a member and supported them greatly
 * The Nation of Islam was a group of all African American Muslims that wanted change for African Americans and opposed drugs, drinking, and smoking, as it was a Muslim group.
 * At the age of 39, Malcolm was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam because Malcolm was creating new groups and organizations that the members thought would draw people away from the Nation of Islam
 * He was assassinated on February 21, 1965 while speaking at a rally