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Malcolm X
Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, civil rights activist, and Muslim minister who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. He discovered the new religious movement the Nation of Islam while in prison and served as its spokesperson from 1952 until he transitioned to Sunni Islam in 1964. He is often regarded as one of the most significant…
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politics · American civil rights activist (1925–1965) · politician · autobiographer · political activist · human rights defender · Muslim minister · imam · religious leader · civil rights advocate · also Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malachi Shabazz, Malcolm Shabazz, Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm Little
Born 19 May 1925 · Died 21 February 1965 · Q43303
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2026· 20 entries
Inner City Press: Malcolm X Family Sued US FBI & NYPD Officials for Assassination All Federal Claims Dismissed
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PFSN: ‘It Was Wild’ — Buccaneers Super Bowl Winner Puts Tom Brady’s Speech Right Up There With Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Block Club Chicago: 22-Year-Old Malcolm X Grad Looking To Start Pharmacy Career When She Was Shot And Killed
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The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed most of the claims against the federal defendants with prejudice
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Hoodline: Free Malcolm X Park Shows Bring Shange's Landmark Play Back to West Philly
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West Philly Local: Theatre in the X brings “For Colored Girls…” to Malcolm X Park this week
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PoPville: Fences Coming Down on Upper Field at Meridian Hill/Malcolm X Park – LOOKING GOOD!
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Washington City Paper: We Ate an Apple in Malcolm X Park
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t.co: From Malcolm X’s wrongful conviction to a new life in Rwanda: Muhammad Aziz’s story
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The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Malcolm X: 'If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Alex Haley | Books, Roots, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Death, Family, & Facts
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Video of Learn how Alex Haley wrote The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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lawndalenews.com: Malcolm X College West Campus to Hold Annual Community Day
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Realtor.com: 270 Malcolm X Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11233
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Mshale: WBIR Vault: Malcolm X Movie Premier In Knoxville (1992) Lakers Vs Thunder (Va2fsR7f1s)
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Sportskeeda: "Even Malcolm X can't really argue that": LeSean McCoy claims DiJonai Carrington "should be kicked out" for claiming "White Privilege"
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NBC4 Washington: Free DC rallies against National Guard at Malcolm X Park drum circle
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WUSA9: DC residents gather to reclaim Malcolm X Park amid National Guard presence
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The New York Times: John Ali, Nation of Islam Official Who Clashed With Malcolm X, Dies at 98
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2025· 6 entries
CBS News: As Malcolm X's 100th birthday is celebrated in NYC, here's what the family wants from the federal government
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CBS News: Michigan nonprofit showcases former residence of Malcolm X
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The Guardian: ‘He gave us a sense of pride’: Rev Al Sharpton on Malcolm X’s 100th birthday
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The Guardian: The Afterlife of Malcolm X: how the civil rights icon influenced America
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Los Angeles Times: Ibram X. Kendi is ready to introduce kids to Malcolm X: ‘Racism is worse in times of tragedy’
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Yahoo: The remarkable life and afterlife of Malcolm X
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2024· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “U.S. civil rights leader Malcolm X said the Palestinian struggle is “not just a cry for justice. It’s a blistering battle for the most fundamental human rights that every living soul on this planet should inherit by birthright. It’s an unyielding resistance against the oppressive suffocating grip…” Unproven.
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2022· 1 entry
Aziz filed suit in the US District Court in Brooklyn against the City of New York, seeking $40 million in damages related to his wrongful imprisonment
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2021· 3 entries
The daughter of Raymond Wood, Kelly Wood, stated that the letter presented at the February 21 press conference is fake
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Snopes rated the claim “A letter written by a former NYPD officer alleged the NYPD and FBI conspired in the 1965 murder of Malcolm X.” Unproven.
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Muhammad Abdul Aziz and Khalil Islam (formerly Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson) were exonerated from their murder convictions, following a review that found the FBI and the New York Police Department withheld key
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2017· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “A photograph shows Barack Obama sitting with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.” False.
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “At a press conference, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick wore a T-shirt bearing photos of Malcolm X and communist dictator Fidel Castro.” True.
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Ankara, Turkey, renamed the street on which the U
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2005· 1 entry
To accommodate the Malcolm X and Dr
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1998· 1 entry
Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century
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1997· 1 entry
Oakland Avenue in Dallas, Texas, was renamed Malcolm X Boulevard
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1996· 1 entry
The first library named after Malcolm X was opened, the Malcolm X Branch Library and Performing Arts Center of the San Diego Public Library system
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1994· 1 entry
The documentary Malcolm X: Make It Plain aired as an episode of the PBS television series American Experience
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1992· 1 entry
The film Malcolm X, an adaptation of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, was released
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1987· 2 entries
New York mayor Ed Koch proclaimed Lenox Avenue in Harlem to be Malcolm X Boulevard
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Maintained his innocence until his death in August 2009
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1986· 1 entry
Ella Little-Collins merged the Organization of Afro-American Unity with the African American Defense League
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1985· 1 entry
And became the head of the Nation's Harlem mosque in 1998; he maintains his innocence
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1977· 1 entry
And 1978, he signed affidavits reasserting Butler's and Johnson's innocence, naming four other Nation members of Newark's Mosque No
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1975· 1 entry
On Malcolm X's childhood home
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1968· 2 entries
Titled The Last Year of Malcolm X argued that Malcolm X was becoming more socialistic in thinking towards the end of his life, and becoming increasingly friendly with the Socialist Workers Party
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Twelve black students who occupied North Hall at University of California, Santa Barbara temporarily renamed it Malcolm X Hall to force the administration to acknowledge the needs of black students
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (1966).
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1965· 11 entries
Was preparing to address the OAAU in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom when someone in the 400-person audience yelled,
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Died 1965-02-21.
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Malcolm X told interviewer Gordon Parks that the Nation of Islam was actively trying to kill him
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Malcolm X flew to the UK again, and on February 8 he addressed the first meeting of the Council of African Organizations in London
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“It's impossible for a white person to believe in capitalism and not believe in racism. You can't have capitalism without racism.”
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In one of his speeches in Detroit how "We need a free Palestine
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“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it.”
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“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound. They won't even admit the knife is there.”
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“I believe in the brotherhood of all men, but I don't believe in wasting brotherhood on anyone who doesn't want to practice it with me. Brotherhood is a two-way street.”
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“If you’re not ready to die for it, put the word "freedom" out of your vocabulary. (ang.)”
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By new owners who did not know of its connection with Malcolm X
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1964· 6 entries
On his way home from Africa, Malcolm X stopped in Paris, where he spoke in the Salle de la Mutualité
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Malcolm X publicly announced his break from the Nation of Islam
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Compared himself to a ventriloquist's dummy who could only say what Elijah Muhammad told him to say
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X visited the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza where he visited a local hospital and dined with religious leaders in Gaza
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“Opis: przemówienie z 20 grudnia 1964.”
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To hire white mercenaries to put down the Simba rebellion greatly offended Malcolm, who accused the mercenaries of committing war crimes against the Congolese
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1963· 2 entries
When asked to comment on the assassination of John F
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Malcolm X began a collaboration with Alex Haley on his life story, The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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1962· 1 entry
Two LAPD officers, unprovoked, shoved and beat several Muslims outside Temple Number 27
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1961· 1 entry
Malcolm X spoke at an NOI rally alongside George Lincoln Rockwell, the head of the American Nazi Party
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1959· 2 entries
To make arrangements for a tour of Africa by Elijah Muhammad
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Malcolm X visited and met with religious leaders at Al-Aqsa mosque as a representative of Elijah Muhammad
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1957· 1 entry
After Hinton Johnson, a Nation of Islam member, was beaten by two New York City police officers
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1956· 1 entry
Joined the Nation of Islam, changing her name to Betty X
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1955· 1 entry
Betty Sanders met Malcolm X after one of his lectures, then again at a dinner party; soon she was regularly attending his lectures
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1953· 1 entry
The FBI began surveillance of him, turning its attention from Malcolm X's possible communist associations to his rapid ascent in the Nation of Islam
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1952· 2 entries
Until he broke with it in 1964, Malcolm X promoted the Nation's teachings
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Quickly became one of the organization's most influential leaders
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1950· 1 entry
The FBI opened a file on Malcolm after he wrote a letter from prison to President Harry S
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1948· 1 entry
"Malcolm, don't eat any more pork and don't smoke any more cigarettes
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1947· 1 entry
Was transferred to Concord Reformatory where he served 15 months before transferring again to Norfolk Prison Colony
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1946· 2 entries
Was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison for larceny and burglary
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Was arrested while picking up a stolen watch he had left at a shop for repairs, and in February began serving a sentence of eight to ten years at Charlestown State Prison for larceny and breaking and entering
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1943· 1 entry
Where he found employment on the New Haven Railroad and engaged in drug dealing, gambling, racketeering, robbery, and pimping
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1937· 1 entry
A man Louise had been dating—marriage had seemed a possibility—vanished from her life when she became pregnant with his child
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1931· 1 entry
When Malcolm was six years old, his father Earl died unexpectedly, in what has been officially ruled a streetcar accident
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1926· 1 entry
And shortly thereafter to Lansing, Michigan
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-05-19.
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