Malcom X

He was one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He was born may 19, 1925. In Omaha, Nebraska. In 1946 he was arrested and sentences to 10 years in prison. While in prison he self-educated himself and Join the nation of islam. This changed Malcolm Little into Malcolm X. Once he was paroled in 1952 he hit the ground running and quickly became one of the nation islam leaders he played a big role in recruiting countless people to the nation of islam. Malcolm X was a great leader and speaker. But what impresses me most about him is his Morals . Once he founded out that his mentor and leader Elijah Muhammad was using his power and position to have a affairs with many woman and countless illegitimate children and requested that Malcom help him cover it up. but Malcom refused and this slowly led to his separation from the nation of islam. Once Malcom left this made him a marked man by his former colleagues. After he separating himself from the nation of islam, he took a Pilgrimage to Mecca. This changed his whole outlook on how he viewed integration. Once a firm believer in black supremacy, he realized that integration was a good thing. The sad part is that he didn’t have a chance to tell the world about his new found insight because he was gunned down in 1965 by 3 memebers of the nation of islam not even a year after he returned from his Pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Three question I would ask Malcolm would be: What was his plans towards Civil rights after his new insight?

What was he feeling right before he was gunned down?

What was his biggerest regret?

Quote: A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.